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organize |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: organize v 1: create, as of a social group or a company, for example [syn: {form}] 2: cause to be organized [ant: {disorganize}] 3: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robber" [syn: {mastermind}, {engineer}, {direct}, {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 [syn: {prepare}, {devise}, {get up}] 6: form or join a union [syn: {unionize}]
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