Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Organize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Organize \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. [R.]
--Busby.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
organize
v 1: create, as of a social group or a company, for example [syn:
{form}, {organise}]
2: cause to be organized [syn: {organise}] [ant: {disorganize},
{disorganize}]
3: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
the robbery" [syn: {mastermind}, {engineer}, {direct}, {organise},
{orchestrate}]
4: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize
my files?" [syn: {organise}, {coordinate}]
5: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over
the director's office" [syn: {organise}, {prepare}, {devise},
{get up}, {machinate}]
6: form or join a union [syn: {unionize}, {organise}]
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