Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dissect
Participle: dissected
Gerund: dissecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dissect |
| you | dissect |
| he;she;it | dissects |
| we | dissect |
| you | dissect |
| they | dissect |
Perfect
| I | have dissected |
| you | have dissected |
| he;she;it | has dissected |
| we | have dissected |
| you | have dissected |
| they | have dissected |
Past
| I | dissected |
| you | dissected |
| he;she;it | dissected |
| we | dissected |
| you | dissected |
| they | dissected |
Pluperfect
| I | had dissected |
| you | had dissected |
| he;she;it | had dissected |
| we | had dissected |
| you | had dissected |
| they | had dissected |
Future
| I | will dissect |
| you | will dissect |
| he;she;it | will dissect |
| we | will dissect |
| you | will dissect |
| they | will dissect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dissected |
| you | will have dissected |
| he;she;it | will have dissected |
| we | will have dissected |
| you | will have dissected |
| they | will have dissected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dissect |
| you | dissect |
| he;she;it | dissect |
| we | dissect |
| you | dissect |
| they | dissect |
Perfect
| I | have dissected |
| you | have dissected |
| he;she;it | have dissected |
| we | have dissected |
| you | have dissected |
| they | have dissected |
Imperfect
| I | dissected |
| you | dissected |
| he;she;it | dissected |
| we | dissected |
| you | dissected |
| they | dissected |
Pluperfect
| I | had dissected |
| you | had dissected |
| he;she;it | had dissected |
| we | had dissected |
| you | had dissected |
| they | had dissected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dissect |
| you | would dissect |
| he;she;it | would dissect |
| we | would dissect |
| you | would dissect |
| they | would dissect |
Perfect
| I | would have dissected |
| you | would have dissected |
| he;she;it | would have dissected |
| we | would have dissected |
| you | would have dissected |
| they | would have dissected |
Imperative
| you | dissect |
| we | Let's dissect |
| you | dissect |
Verbs conjugated like 'dissect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dissect'
disject,
disseat,
dissent,
dissert,
bisect,
despect,
direct,
discept,
disgest,
disinsect,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.
Sample Sentences
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She was the first person in her class to properly dissect the sheep heart. [2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 130:]
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Academics tend to take Indigenous oral histories out of their contexts and dissect them according to Western disciplinary objectives and foci (see figure 1). [2000, Winona Lu-Ann Stevenson, Decolonizing Tribal Histories, University of California, Berkeley:]
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By focusing excessively on dissecting the text into 'forms' and exploring their supposed evolution, form criticism overlooks the larger literary and historical context within which these forms exist. [2023 July 16, Edward D. Andrews, BIBLICAL EXEGESIS: Biblical Criticism on Trial, Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, page 242:]
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There should be a more holistic approach both to behavior and to inner experience. Köhler (1929), in the first edition of his Gestalt psychology book, made a similar parallel. Both classical psychology and behaviorism decontextualize, and in this way, both have an unnatural tendency to dissect human mental life into meaningless atoms. [2023, Csaba Pléh, Laying the Foundations of Independent Psychology: The Formation of Modern Psychology, Taylor & Francis, page 369:]
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Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.