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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)
.]
[Cf. F.
organiser
, Gr.
ὀργανίζειν
. 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.

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.

Definition 2024


organize

organize

See also: organise

English

Alternative forms

Verb

organize (third-person singular simple present organizes, present participle organizing, simple past and past participle organized)

  1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
  2. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
    • Cranch
      This original and supreme will organizes the government.
  3. (transitive) 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.
    • Ray
      These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.
  4. (transitive, music) To sing in parts.
    to organize an anthem
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  5. (transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
    the workers decided to organize; their next task was to organize the workers at the steel mill

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External links

  • organize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • organize in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Portuguese

Verb

organize

  1. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of organizar
  2. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of organizar
  3. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of organizar
  4. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of organizar