A·nat·o·mize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anatomized p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing.]
  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.
  2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
     If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect.   --Hume.
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