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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]: organized adj 1: formed into a structured or coherent whole; "organized religion"; "organized crime"; "an organized tour" [ant: {unorganized}] 2: methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; "how well organized she is"; "his life was almost too organized" [ant: {disorganized}] 3: being a member of or formed into a labor union; "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop" [syn: {unionized}]
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