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n. [ Cf. F. désorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t. ] 1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government. [ 1913 Webster ]

The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disorganized p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing ] [ Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser. ] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot (1809). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being without organization. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`ros part + E. organization. ] Organization in part. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. organisation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. “The first organization of the general government.” Pickering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being organized. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism; specif. (Biol.), an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization. McKendrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically: A group of persons associated together for a common purpose and having a set of rules which specify the relations of the individual members to the whole gorup. [ PJC ]

5. The manner in which something is organized; the relations included in an organized state or condition; as, the organization of the department permits ad hoc groups to form. [ PJC ]

What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to organization; as, organizational structure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Organized p. pr. & vb. n. Organizing ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This original and supreme will organizes the government. Cranch. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [ R. ] Busby. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Same as arranged; as, an organized tour. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Formed into an organization. Opposite of unorganized. [ Narrower terms: corporate, incorporated ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. well-conducted. Opposite of disorganized. Also See: systematic.
Syn. -- organized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Arranged according to a system or rule.
Syn. -- systematized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Groups of persons organized for illegal purposes, such as bootlegging, conducting illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, etc.; -- a general term encompassing most forms of criminal groups, but especially those that are consolidated into “families” more or less recognizing each other's different regions of operation; sometimes considered synonymous with the mafia or the syndicate. [ PJC ]

n. One who organizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.
Syn. -- regroup. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]