organize

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French organiser, from Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”); see organ.

verb

1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
2. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
   This original and supreme will organizes the government. 1803, William Cranch, Marbury v. Madison
3. (transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
   an organized being
   organized matter
4. (transitive, music) To sing in parts.
   to organize an anthem
   Formerly , those Catholic priests who sung in parts : so to sing , was to organize 1828, Thomas Busby, A Complete Dictionary of Music
5. (transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.
   the workers decided to organize; their next task was to organize the workers at the steel mill