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English Dictionary: organize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for organize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
organize v create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" Synonym(s): form, organize, organise cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea Synonym(s): organize, organise Antonym(s): disorganise, disorganize plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" Synonym(s): mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" Synonym(s): organize, organise, coordinate arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" Synonym(s): organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" Synonym(s): unionize, unionise, organize, organise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Organize \Or"ganize\, 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.