Or'gan-ize, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ORGANIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. ORGANIZING.] [Fr. organiser, Pr. organizar, organar, Sp. & Pg. organizar, It. organizzare, Gr. ὀργανίζειν. See ORGAN.]
Sense 1. To furnish with organs; to endow with the capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being;—in this sense chiefly used in the participle, and applied to living beings.
These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce. Ray.
Sense 2. To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation;—applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions, as a science, a government, an army, and the like.
This original and supreme will organizes the government. W. Crouch.
Sense 3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [Rare.] Busby.