Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ἀνα- (ana-, thoroughly) +‎ λύω (lúō, loosen)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ἀναλύω (analúō)

  1. to cause to wander, unsettle
  2. to unloose, undo, set free
    (medicine) relax
  3. to undo (in various senses)
    to unloose
    (medicine) to unwind a cocoon
    (astrololy) to nullify of planetary influence
    to dissolve matter into its elements
    to resolve into its elements, investigate analytically
    (philosophy) in the Logic of Aristoteles; to reduce a syllogism
  4. to reduce
  5. (grammar) to resolve
  6. to do away with, cancel, cancel faults
  7. to suspend
  8. to solve the problem of a thing
  9. to release from a spell
  10. to relieve
  11. (nautical) to loose from moorings, weigh anchor, depart, go away,
  12. (figurative) to die

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