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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.

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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. Source: Internet

This is because sleep helps people to reanalyze their memories. Source: Internet

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