organize

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 ]