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psychoanalyze

psychoanalyze verb: to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Verb

psychoanalyze (third-person singular simple present psychoanalyzes, present participle psychoanalyzing, simple past and past participle psychoanalyzed)

  1. (transitive) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
  2. (intransitive) To treat using psychoanalysis.

Forms of psychoanalyze

third-person singular presentpsychoanalyzes
present participlepsychoanalyzing
past participlepsychoanalyzed
pastpsychoanalyzed
alternative formpsychoanalyse

Origin of psychoanalyze

From psycho- + analyze.

Questions about psychoanalyze

What does psychoanalyze mean?
Psychoanalyze means to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
What part of speech is psychoanalyze?
Psychoanalyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of psychoanalyze?
The past tense of psychoanalyze is psychoanalyzed.

Words near psychoanalyze in the dictionary

  1. psychoanalysts
  2. psychoanalytic
  3. psychoanalytical
  4. psychoanalytically
  5. psychoanalytics
  6. psychoanalyze
  7. psychoanalyzed
  8. psychoanalyzer
  9. psychoanalyzers
  10. psychoanalyzes
  11. psychoanalyzing

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