Emily Dickinson Lexicon

OR'GAN-IZE, v.t. [Fr. organiser; It. organizzare; Sp. organizar.]

1. To form with suitable organs; to construct so that one part may co-operate with another. Those nobler faculties of the soul organized matter could never produce. Ray.
2. To sing in parts; as, to organize the hallelujah. Busby.
3. To distribute into suitable parts and appoint proper officers, that the whole may act as one body; as, to organize an army. So we say, to organize the house of representatives, which is done by the appointment of officers and verification of the powers of the several members. So we say, a club, a party, or a faction is organized, when it takes a systemized form. This original and supreme will organizes the government. W. Cranch.