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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Organize \Or"gan*ize\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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