Dictionary entry

Organize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Or″gan‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Organized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Organizing (?).] [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. �. See Organ.] 1. (Biol.) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.

These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce. Ray.

2. To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; — applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc.

This original and supreme will organizes the government. Cranch.

3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. Busby.