anatomize
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anatomize
- /əˈnætəmaɪz/ UK
- /əˈnætəmaɪz/ US
- [-ɾə-] US
Rhymes with -ætəmaɪz
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From Late Middle English anatomisen, anatomien, anatomen (“to dissect in order to investigate”) borrowed from Middle French anatomiser (modern French anatomiser), or from its etymon Medieval Latin anatomizō, from Latin anatomia (“anatomy”) + -izō. Anatomia is derived from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “act of cutting up, dissection”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) is from ἀνᾰτέμνω (anătémnō, “to cut open”) (from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, hew; to butcher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”))) + -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns). By surface analysis, anatomy + -ize (suffix forming (chiefly similative) verbs).
verb anatomizes · anatomizing · anatomized · anatomize
- To cut up or dissect (the body of a human being or an animal), specifically for the purpose of investigating its anatomy. VVho but a Foppe vvil labour to anatomize a Flye?
- To punish (someone) by post mortem dissection following execution. […] Surgeon's Hall, where malefactors were anatomised after execution—a Sanguinary but Salutary custom—was in the Old Bailey, over against the leads of the Sessions House […]
- To cut up or dissect (a plant or one of its parts) to investigate its structure.
- To scrutinize (something) down to the most minute detail. Near-synonyms: atomize, analyze
- To chemically analyse (a substance). Laſtly, it can not be othervviſe but that the fire, in all this vvhile of continuall application to the body it thus anatomiſeth, hath hardned and as it vvere roſted ſome partes into ſuch greatneſſe and dryneſſe as they vvill not fly, not can be carried vp vvith any moderate heate.
- To cut up or dissect the body of a human being or an animal. The most learned philosopher […] might dissect, anatomise, and give names; but, not to speak of a final cause, causes in their secondary and tertiary grades were utterly unknown to him.
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verb (transitive) to cut up or dissect (the body of a human being or an animal); (intransitive) to cut up or dissect the body of a human being or an animal — see als
| Português | anatomizar |
|---|---|
| Français | anatomiser |
| Русский | анатоми́ровать anatomírovatʹ, разанатоми́ровать razanatomírovatʹ |
verb to scrutinize (something) down to the most minute detail — see also scrutinize
| Português | anatomizar |
|---|
Talk about this word "anatomize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/anatomize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. anatomize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/anatomize "anatomize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/anatomize.Cite this
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title = {anatomize},
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