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incorporate

verb
/ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/UK/ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/US/ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.e(ɪ)t/CA/ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/UK/ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.ət/US/ɪŋˈkɔɹpɚət/CA/ɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ).pəɹ.ət/UK

Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).

  1. derived from incorporātus

Definitions

  1. To include (something) as a part.

    • The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
    • to incorporate another's ideas into one's work
    • The Romans[…] did not subdue a country in order to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community.

  2. To mix (something in) as an ingredient

    To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend

    • Incorporate air into the mixture by whisking.

  3. To admit as a member of a company

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. To form into a legal company.

      • The company was incorporated in 1980.

    2. To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the…

      To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).

    3. To form into a body

      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.

    4. To unite with a material body

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

      • do not deny , that there was such an Opinion among the Heathens , that Spirits might possess Images , and be incorporated with them

    5. 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.
      • a fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold
      • And gazing on thee, sullen tree, ⁠Sick for thy stubborn hardihood, ⁠I seem to fail from out my blood And grow incorporate into thee.

    6. Not consisting of matter

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

      • Moses forbore to speak of angels, and of things invisible, and incorporate.

    7. Not incorporated

      Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

      • an incorporate banking association

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Derived

bioincorporate, disincorporate, incorporated, incorporative, incorporator, misincorporate, preincorporate, reincorporate, unincorporate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA