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1. Examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts
   "the analyzed data indicated surprising trends"; "a carefully analyzed poem can be like a dead butterfly pinned to a board";
   - analysed [Brit, Cdn]

1. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare";
   - analyse [Brit, Cdn], study, examine, canvass
    
2. Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
   "analyze a specimen";
   - analyse [Brit, Cdn], break down, dissect, take apart
    
3. (psychiatry) subject to psychoanalytic treatment
   "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist";
   - analyse [Brit, Cdn], psychoanalyze [N. Amer], psychoanalyse [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: care for, treat

Antonym: unanalyzed [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Analyze