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Webster 1913 Edition
Organize
Or′gan-ize
(ôr′gan-īz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Organized
(ôr′gan-īzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Organizing
(ôr′gan-ī-zĭng)
.] 1.
(Biol.)
To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life;
as, an
; – in this sense used chiefly in the past participle. organized
being; organized
matterThese 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Organize
OR'GANIZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To form with suitable organs; to construct so that one part may cooperate with another.Those nobler faculties of the soul organized matter could never produce.
2.
To sing in parts; as, to organize the hallelujah.3.
To distribute into suitable parts and appoint proper officers, that the whole may act as one body; as, to organize an army. So we say, to organize the house of representatives, which is done by the appointment of officers and verification of the powers of the several members. So we say, a club, a party or a faction is organized, when it takes a systemized form.This original and supreme will organizes the government.