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analysed

[an-l-ahyz] Origin

an·a·lyse

[an-l-ahyz]
verb (used with object), -lysed, -lys·ing. Chiefly British.
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analyse
Brit. spelling of analyze (q.v.).
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"Analyse is better than analyze, but merely as being the one of the two equally indefensible forms that has won. The correct but now impossible form would be analysize (or analysise), with analysist for existing analyst." [Fowler]
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