Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Organize

Organize (ôr"gan*īz) , transitive verb

[Compare French organiser, Greek 'organi`zein. See Organ.]

1.
(Biology) 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.
(Music) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [Rare] — Busby