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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


in⋅cor⋅po⋅ra⋅tion, noun
in⋅cor⋅po⋅ra⋅tive, adjective


4. embody, assimilate.

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.
  1. To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence: incorporated the letter into her diary.

  2. To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization.

  3. To cause to merge or combine together into a united whole.

  4. To cause to form into a legal corporation: incorporate a business.

  5. To give substance or material form to; embody.

  6. Linguistics To cause (a word, for example) to undergo noun incorporation.

v.   intr.
  1. To become united or combined into an organized body.

  2. To become or form a legal corporation: San Antonio incorporated as a city in 1837.

  3. Linguistics To be formed by or allow formation by noun incorporation.

adj.   (-pər-ĭt)
  1. Combined into one united body; merged.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

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.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Legal Dictionary

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/ nounincorporate 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
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Medical Dictionary

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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