analyzed; analyzing
Definition of analyze
1
: to study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of (something) by analysis
2
: to subject to scientific or grammatical analysis
chemically analyze a specimen analyze a sentence
3
: psychoanalyze
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The first known use of analyze was in 1587
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