reanalyze
Verb
Meaning
(American spelling) To analyze again.
(linguistics) To analyze a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.
The word hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger.
Synonyms
reconsider
revisit
reexamine
reevaluate
rehear
Rew
readdress
reinspect
rejudge
redeliberate
rechoose
Related terms
Examples
However, the lack of tellurium compounds in the Falun mine minerals eventually led Berzelius to reanalyze the red precipitate, and in 1818 he wrote a second letter to Marcet describing a newly found element similar to sulfur and tellurium.
This is because sleep helps people to reanalyze their memories.