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in⋅cor⋅po⋅ra⋅tor

[in-kawr-puh-rey-ter]
–noun
1. one of the signers of the articles or certificate of legal incorporation.
2. one of the persons to whom the charter is granted in a corporation created by special act of the legislature.
3. a person who incorporates.

Origin:
1820–30; incorporate + -or 2
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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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Main Entry: in·cor·po·ra·tor
Pronunciation: in-'kor-p&-"rA-t&r
Function: noun
: any of the persons who join as original members in incorporating a company
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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