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Webster 1913 Edition

Incorporate

In-cor′po-rate

,
Adj.
[L.
incorporatus
. See
In-
not, and
Corporate
.]
1.
Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things invisible, and
incorporate
.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation;
as, an
incorporate
banking association
.

In-cor′po-rate

,
Adj.
[L.
incorporatus
, p. p. of
incorporare
to incorporate; pref.
in-
in +
corporare
to make into a body. See
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
.
Shakespeare
A fifteenth part of silver
incorporate
with gold.
Bacon.

In-cor′po-rate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Incorporated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Incorporating
.]
1.
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.
Shakespeare
2.
To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
The idolaters, who worshiped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be
incorporated
therein.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
3.
To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed;
as, to
incorporate
copper with silver
; – used with
with
and
into
.
4.
To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental;
as, to
incorporate
provinces into the realm; to
incorporate
another’s ideas into one's work.
The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to
incorporate
them into their own community.
Addison.
5.
To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities;
as, to
incorporate
a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc.

In-cor′po-rate

,
Verb.
I.
To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; – usually followed by with.
Painters' colors and ashes do better
incorporate
will oil.
Bacon.
He never suffers wrong so long to grow,
And to
incorporate
with right so far
As it might come to seem the same in show.
Daniel.

Webster 1828 Edition

Incorporate

INCOR'PORATE

,
Adj.
[in and corporate.]
1.
Not consisting of matter; not having a material body. [Little used.]
2.
Mixed; united in one body; associated.

INCOR'PORATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. incorporo; in and corpus, a body.]
1.
In pharmacy, to mix different ingredients in one mass or body; to reduce dry substances to the consistence of paste by the admixture of a fluid, as in making pills, &c.
2.
To mix and embody one substance in another; as, to incorporate copper with silver.
3.
To unite; to blend; to work into another mass or body; as, to incorporate plagiarisms into one's own composition.
4.
To unite; to associate in another government or empire. The Romans incorporated conquered countries into their government.
5.
To embody; to give a material form to.
The idolaters, who worshiped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein.
6.
To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute a body, composed of one or more individuals,with the quality of perpetual existence or succession, unless limited by the act of incorporation; as, to incorporate the inhabitants of a city, town or parish; to incorporate the proprietors of a bridge, the stockholders of a bank, of an insurance company, &c. New Haven was incorporated in January 1784; Hartford in May 1784.

INCOR'PORATE

,
Verb.
I.
To unite so as to make a part of another body; to be mixed or blended; to grow into, &c.; usually followed by with.
Painters' colors and ashes do better incorporate with oil.

Definition 2024

incorporate

incorporate

English

Verb

incorporate ‎(third-person singular simple present incorporates, present participle incorporating, simple past and past participle incorporated)

  1. (transitive) To include (something) as a part.
    The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
    to incorporate another's ideas into one's work
    • Addison
      The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community.
  2. (transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
    Incorporate air into the mixture.
  3. (transitive) To admit as a member of a company
  4. (transitive) To form into a legal company.
    The company was incorporated in 1980.
  5. (US, law) 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).
  6. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
    • Shakespeare
      By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, / Till holy church incorporate two in one.
  7. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
    • Bishop Stillingfleet
      The idolaters, who worshipped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

incorporate ‎(comparative more incorporate, superlative most incorporate)

  1. (obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
    • Shakespeare
      As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds / Had been incorporate.
    • Francis Bacon
      a fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold
  2. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
      Moses forbore to speak of angels, and things invisible, and incorporate.
  3. Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.
    an incorporate banking association

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

incorporate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of incorporare
  2. second-person plural imperative of incorporare
  3. feminine plural of incorporato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

incorporāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of incorporō

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɔɹpɚe(ɪ)t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɔː(ɹ).pɜː(ɹ).eɪt/
  • (US) enPR: ĭnkôr'pərāt, IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɔɹpɚeɪt/

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