All 4 Uses

analyze
in
Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
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I'm afraid we can't do much until I've had a chance to analyze your blood samples and map your DNA sequencing.†
p. 119.6

analyze = examine
He picked his hat off the desk and analyzed it while he spoke, his fingers tracing the herringbone pattern.†
p. 243.1 *

analyzed = examined in detail to better understand
She analyzed Pearl's face, trying to judge her reaction, but could only pinpoint confusion.†
p. 299.3
She made it sound like a joke, but she couldn't help analyzing his response, bracing for that moment when he asked her if it were true.†
p. 342.7

analyzing = examining in detail to better understand

Definitions:

(1) (analyze)
to examine and consider something in detail to better understand it
(2) (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.