01 v. t. To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organize…
imp. & p. p.
Organized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Organizing
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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.(Biol.)“These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.” — Ray.
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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.
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To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem.(Mus.) [R.]