| 1. | a process in word formation by which a compound is created by affixing or infixing a noun to a verb, as in baby-sit, house-hunt, and sleep-walk. |
| 2. | this process resulting in a complex verb, as in the Mohawk and Inuit languages. |
| noun incorporation n. The process of affixing or infixing an uninflected form of a noun to a verb, resulting in a complex verb, as in Mohawk and the Eskimoan languages. |