reanalyze
Verb
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Verb
reanalyze (reanalyzes, present participle reanalyzing; past and past participle reanalyzed)
- (American spelling) to analyze again
- (linguistics) Analyze a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding. For example, hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger.
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