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organize(dictionary)

gleimy (iou) and organize (iou)


gleimy (iou)



gleimy adjective.LME-E18.
[from GLEIM noun + -Y1.]
Sticky, slimy.

organize (iou)



organize verb. Also organise. LME.
[Old & mod. French organiser from medieval Latin organizare, from organum: see ORGAN noun1, -IZE.]
verb trans. Give organic structure to; provide with the structure and interdependence of parts which subserves vital processes; form into a living being or living tissue; Medicine convert into fibrous tissue during healing. Usu. in pass. and as ORGANIZED 1. LME.
a. verb trans. gen. Form into a whole with mutually connected and dependent parts; give a definite and orderly structure to; systematize; frame and put into working order (an institution, enterprise, etc.); arrange (something involving united action). M17.
A. Carnegie I had organized among the railroad men a club of a hundred. W. S. Churchill A formidable conspiracy was organised against him.
b. verb intrans. Become a systematic whole; become coordinated; attain orderly structure or working order. L19.
Times Literary Supplement By the 1890s they began to organize politically.
c. verb trans. Provide for (a person); make arrangements for. L19.
S. Hill You never organised yourself in those days, you always..forgot things. ASTMS Industry News ASTMS has organised engineers and scientists..since the first world war.
d. verb trans. Arrange personally; take responsibility for providing (something); fix up. M20.
G. Durrell We spent the rest of the day organizing a car to take us to Mexico City. Willy Russell Julia's organized a few people to come round for dinner.
verb trans. & intrans. Medieval Music. Sing (a melody, line, etc.) as the organum. M17.
verb trans. Acquire deviously or illicitly; obtain cleverly. slang (orig. Military). M20.
H. Roosenburg Frenchwomen..were busy organizing some sausages from a reluctant butcher.