organize

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< New Latin organizare (to organize) (cf. Medieval Latin organizare (to play on the organ)) < Latin organum (organ); see organ.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to organize

Third person singular
organizes

Simple past
organized

Past participle
organized

Present participle
organizing

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

  1. To arrange in working order.
  2. To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
  3. 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.
  4. To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem.

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