Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Organize \Or"gan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Organized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Organizing}.] [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. ?. 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.

            These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized
            could never produce.                  --Ray.

   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.

            This original and supreme will organizes the
            government.                           --Cranch.

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

Source : WordNet®

organize
     v 1: create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere";
          "They formed a company" [syn: {form}, {organise}]
     2: cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to
        some principle or idea [syn: {organise}] [ant: {disorganize},
         {disorganize}]
     3: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
        the robbery" [syn: {mastermind}, {engineer}, {direct}, {organise},
         {orchestrate}]
     4: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize
        my files?" [syn: {organise}, {coordinate}]
     5: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
        a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over
        the director's office" [syn: {organise}, {prepare}, {devise},
         {get up}, {machinate}]
     6: form or join a union; "The autoworkers decided to unionize"
        [syn: {unionize}, {unionise}, {organise}]