ANATOMIZE

ANAT'OMIZE, verb transitive To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of examining each by itself; to lay open the interior structure of the parts of a body or subject; as, to anatomize an animal or plant; to anatomize an argument.

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anatomize. Anatomize, v.t. to dissect an animal, divide, lay open

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A‐nat″o‐mize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anatomized (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing.] [[Cf. F. anatomiser.]] 1. 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. 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.