Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Analyze \An"a*lyze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Analyzed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Analyzing}.] [Cf. F. analyser. See {Analysis}.]
   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; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze
   a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its
   morality.

         No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of
         pleasure or pain.                        --Darwin.