Reanalyze

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  • verb. analyze again
  • verb. 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.
  • Word Usage
    "An interdisciplinary collaboration of scientists, led by Dr. Bromwich, will "reanalyze" Arctic data from the past decade at three-hour intervals, 15-kilometer distances and 70 layers from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere."
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    Words with the same terminal sound