Both Uses of
analyze
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The doctor analyzed the symptoms of the malady to which the prisoner had succumbed, and declared that he was dead.†
Chpt 19-20 *analyzed = examined in detail to better understand
- "Precisely, monsieur," replied Monte Cristo with one of those smiles that a painter could never represent or a physiologist analyze.†
Chpt 41-42analyze = examine
Definitions:
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(1)
(analyze) to examine and consider something in detail to better understand it
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, analyze may specifically mean to determine chemical components or to psychoanalyze. Very rarely, you may see the British spell analyzes as analyses--which Americans use as the plural spelling for analysis.