From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
analyse
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: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]
3: 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: analyze, analyse, break down,
dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse,
psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]