Incorporate
[ɪn'kɔːpəreɪt]
Definition
(verb.) unite or merge with something already in existence; 'incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case'.
(verb.) form a corporation.
(verb.) include or contain; have as a component; 'A totally new idea is comprised in this paper'; 'The record contains many old songs from the 1930's'.
(adj.) formed or united into a whole .
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Definition
(a.) Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
(a.) Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association.
(a.) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
(v. t.) To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass.
(v. t.) To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
(v. t.) To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by with.
Typist: Vilma
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Unite, combine, mix, blend, merge, consolidate, form into one body.[2]. Form into a corporation, form into a body politic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INTEGRATE]
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Definition
v.t. to form into a body: to combine into one mass or embody: to unite: to form into a corporation.—v.i. to unite into one mass: to become part of another body.—adj. united in one body: (rare) not having a material body.—n. Incorporā′tion act of incorporating: state of being incorporated: formation of a legal or political body: an association: (gram.) polysynthesis.—adjs. Incor′porative characterised by grammatical incorporation—also Polysynthetic; Incorpō′real Incor′poral (Shak.) not having a body: spiritual: intangible.—ns. Incorpō′realism Incorporē′ity Incorporeal′ity.—adv. Incorpō′really.
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Examples
- Thought, therefore, and extension are qualities wholly incompatible, and never can incorporate together into one subject. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It was incorporated, in pursuance of an act of parliament, by a charter under the great seal, dated the 27th of July 1694. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- These fundamental principles have since been adopted and incorporated in their laws by all the nations of the earth. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They have not only never been incorporated, but the incorporation spirit never has prevailed among them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The story of the Creation and the Flood, much of the story of Moses, much of Samson, were probably incorporated from Babylonian sources. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In reality, it took its rise in the middle ages along with other incorporated crafts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The teachings of this Lao Tse were later to become incorporated with the Taoist religion by Chen Tuan, the founder of modern Taoism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The people who had been in rebellion must necessarily come back into the Union, and be incorporated as an integral part of the nation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The process consists of incorporating with the fat, which may consist of butter, lard, or other grease, a sufficient amount of paraffine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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