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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