Con-cōr'po-rate1, a.
a. United in one body. B. Jonson.
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a. United in one body. B. Jonson.
a. [Lat. corporatus, p. p. of corporare, to shape into a body, from corpus, body.]
Sense 1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.
Sense 2. Belonging to a corporation. “Corporate property.” Hallam.
Sense 3. United; general; collectively one. [Obs.]
They answer in a joint and corporate voice. Shak.
To inclose in, or endow with, a body; to incorporate. [Obs.] Stow.
To be inclosed in a body; to unite to form a body; to be incorporated. [Obs.]