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Organize \Or"gan*ize\ ([^o]r"gan*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Organized} ([^o]r"gan*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Organizing} ([^o]r"gan*[imac]*z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. organiser,
Gr. 'organi`zein. 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.
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These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized
could never produce. --Ray.
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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.
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This original and supreme will organizes the
government. --Cranch.
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3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.]
--Busby.
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organized \or"gan*ized\ adj.
1. Same as {arranged}; as, an organized tour.
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2. Formed into an organization. Opposite of {unorganized}.
[Narrower terms: {corporate, incorporated}]
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3. well-conducted. Opposite of {disorganized}. Also See:
{systematic}.

Syn: organized.
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4. Arranged according to a system or rule.

Syn: systematized.
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5. Being a member of or formed into a labor union; -- of
workers, used especially in the phrase "organized labor".
Opposite of {nonunion}.

Syn: unionized, union.
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