an·a·lyze (?n??-l?z?)tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of.3. Mathematics To make a mathematical analysis of.4. To psychoanalyze.[Perhaps from French analyser, from analyse, analysis, from Greek analusis; see analysis.]an?a·lyz?a·ble adj.an?a·ly·za?tion (-l?-z??sh?n) n.an?a·lyz?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.