'analyse' definitions:

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]

Break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]

Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]

Subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]