Category:Organize

Or"gan*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Organized; p. pr. & vb. n. Organizing.] Etym: [cf. F. organiser, gr. Organ.]

1. (biol.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: to sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [r.] Busby.