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in⋅cor⋅po⋅rate

1 [v. in-kawr-puh-reyt; adj. in-kawr-per-it, -prit]

verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing, adjective

–verb (used with object)

1.	to form into a legal corporation.

2.	to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts: to incorporate revisions into a text.

3.	to take in or include as a part or parts, as the body or a mass does: His book incorporates his earlier essay.

4.	to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients.

5.	to embody: His book incorporates all his thinking on the subject.

6.	to form into a society or organization.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to form a legal corporation.

8.	to unite or combine so as to form one body.

–adjective

9.	legally incorporated, as a company.

10.	combined into one body, mass, or substance.

11.	Archaic. embodied.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL incorporātus ptp. of incorporāre to embody, incarnate. See in- ² , corporate

Related forms:

in⋅cor⋅po⋅ra⋅tion, noun

in⋅cor⋅po⋅ra⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
4. embody, assimilate.

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in⋅cor⋅po⋅rate

2 [in-kawr-per-it, -prit]

–adjective Archaic.

not embodied; incorporeal.

Origin:
1525–35; < LL incorporātus not embodied. See in- ³ , corporate

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in·cor·po·rate (ĭn-kôr'pə-rāt')

v. in·cor·po·rat·ed, in·cor·po·rat·ing, in·cor·po·rates

v. tr.

To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence: incorporated the letter into her diary.
To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization.
To cause to merge or combine together into a united whole.
To cause to form into a legal corporation: incorporate a business.
To give substance or material form to; embody.
Linguistics To cause (a word, for example) to undergo noun incorporation.

v. intr.

To become united or combined into an organized body.
To become or form a legal corporation: San Antonio incorporated as a city in 1837.
Linguistics To be formed by or allow formation by noun incorporation.

adj. (-pər-ĭt)

Combined into one united body; merged.
Formed into a legal corporation.

[Middle English incorporaten, from Late Latin incorporāre, incorporāt-, to form into a body : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-² + Latin corpus, corpor-, body; see corpus.]
in·cor'po·ra·ble (-pər-ə-bəl) adj., in·cor'po·ra'tion n., in·cor'po·ra'tive adj., in·cor'po·ra'tor n.

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Incorporate

In*cor"po*rate\, a. [L. incorporatus. See In- not, and Corporate.]

1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things invisible, and incorporate. --Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association.

Incorporate

In*cor"po*rate\, a. [L. incorporatus, p. p. of incorporare to incorporate; pref. in- in + corporare to make into a body. See Corporate.] Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been incorporate. --Shak.

A fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold. --Bacon.

Incorporate

In*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incorporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incorporating.]

1. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass.

By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy church incorporate two in one. --Shak.

2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

The idolaters, who worshiped their images as golds, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein. --Bp. Stillingfleet.

3. To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into.

4. To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's work.

The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community. --Addison.

5. To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc.

Incorporate

In*cor"po*rate\, v. i. To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by with.

Painters' colors and ashes do better incorporate will oil. --Bacon.

He never suffers wrong so long to grow, And to incorporate with right so far As it might come to seem the same in show. --Daniel.

Language Translation for : incorporate

Spanish: incorporar,

German: einschließen,

Japanese: 組入れる

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incorporate

1398, "to put (something) into the body or substance of (something else)," from L.L. incorporatus, pp. of incorporare "unite into one body," from L. in- "into" + corpus (gen. corporis) "body" (see corporeal). The legal sense first recorded in Rolls of Parliament, 1461.

incorporate

To obtain a state charter establishing a corporation. Owners of proprietorships and partnerships incorporate in order to obtain limited liability for themselves and for potential investors. The limited liability makes it easier for the firm to raise additional equity capital.

Main Entry: in·cor·po·rate
Pronunciation: in-'kor-p&-"rAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -rat·ed; -rat·ing
transitive verb 1 : to unite with something else to form a whole <incorporate the agreement into the divorce>
2 : to form (as a business) into a legal corporation
3 : to include (rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights) within the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment —see also SELECTIVE INCORPORATION, TOTAL INCORPORATION intransitive verb : to form a legal corporation —in·cor·po·ra·tion /in-"kor-p&-'rA-sh&n/ noun —incorporate by reference : to make (the terms of a contemporaneous or earlier document) part of another document (as a codicil) by specific reference in that document —see also REPUBLISH

Main Entry: in·cor·po·rate
Pronunciation: in-'kor-p&-"rAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -rat·ed;-rat·ing
: to subject to incorporation <incorporated his psychiatrist in a system of delusions> —in·cor·po·ra·tive /-'kor-p&-"rAt-iv, -p(&-)r&t-/ adjective

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