Found 2 items, similar to anatomize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: anatomize anatomize v 1: dissect in order to analyze; “anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease” [syn: anatomise] 2: analyze down to the smallest detail; “This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Anatomize Anatomize \A*nat"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anatomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing.] [Cf. F. anatomiser.] 1. To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts. [1913 Webster] 2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze. [1913 Webster] If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect. --Hume. [1913 Webster]