v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Analyzed p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing. ] [ Cf. F. analyser. See Analysis. ] 1. To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives.
Syn. -- analyze, study, examine [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.
Syn. -- analyze, break down, dissect, take apart. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. subject to psychoanalytic treatment. I was analysed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
Syn. -- analyze, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. separated into components. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, analyzes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Opt.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An apparatus for effecting atmolysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to test the alcohol content of someone's blood by means of a breathalyzer.
Syn. -- breathalyse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ a Trademark. ]a device that measures alcohol content of a person's breath.
Syn. -- breathalyser, breath analyzer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. 1 (chemistry) to cause (a chemical reaction) to proceed more quickly by contacting the reactant(s) with another substance; as, moisture catalyzes the oxidation of iron in air. [ Also spelled catalyse. ]
Syn. -- change by catalysis, cause to catalyze. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dialyzed p. pr. & vb. n. Dialyzing. ] (Chem.) To separate, prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to pass through an animal membrane; to subject to dialysis. [ Written also dialyse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prepared by diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzed iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The instrument or medium used to effect chemical dialysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Electrolyzed p. pr. & vb. n. Electrolyzing ] [ Cf. F. électrolyser. See Electrolysis. ] 1. To decompose by the direct action of electricity. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Electrolysis. ] To subject to electrolysis. -- E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paralyzed p. pr. & vb. n. Paralyzing ] [ F. paralyser. See Paralysis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To investigate or subject to treatment by psychoanalysis.
Syn. -- analyze, analyse, psychoanalyse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. (Chem.) To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]