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.
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