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.

Source : WordNet®

analyze
     v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
          discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a
          sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a
          criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: {analyse},
           {study}, {examine}, {canvass}, {canvas}]
     2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
        break down into components or essential features; "analyze
        a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
        compound" [syn: {analyse}, {break down}, {dissect}, {take
        apart}] [ant: {synthesize}]
     3: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
        today's financial market" [syn: {analyse}]
     4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
        Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: {analyse}, {psychoanalyze},
         {psychoanalyse}]