[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The resolving of anything into its elements; resolution; analysis. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1750. Harris, Hermes, I. i. (1786), 2. These different Analysings or Resolutions constitute what we call Philosophical or Universal Grammar.
1808. Pike, Sources of Mississippi, III. App. 18. In analysing the mineral and extracting the metals.
