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Incorporate

In-côr′po-rate, a.

adjective

a. [Prefix in, not, and corporate; Lat. incorporatus, p. p. of incorporare; It. incorporato, Sp. incorporado, Fr. incorporé. See infra.]

  1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body.
  2. United in one body; associated; mixed.

As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been incorporate. Shak. 3. Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association, or other society.

In-côr'/po-rāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INCORPORATED; p. pr. & vb. n. INCORPORATING.] [Lat. incorporare, incorporatum, from prefix in, not, and corpus, corporis, body; It. incorporare, Pr. & Sp. incorporar, Fr. incorporer.]

  1. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one mass; to place or fix into a consistent mass; as, to incorporate drugs.
  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. Stillingfleet.

  1. To unite with a substance or mass already formed or in being; as, to incorporate copper with silver.
  2. To unite intimately; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate subjected provinces into the community of the conquerors; to incorporate plagiarisms into one's work.
  3. To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, as a person with special functions, rights, and duties; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, and the like.

In-cōr′po-rāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To unite so as to make a part of another body; to be mixed or blended; to grow into;—usually followed by with. Painters’ colors and ashes do better incorporate with oil. Bacon.