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incorporate

/ɪŋˈkɔɹpɚe(ɪ)t/

verb

Meaning

  • To include (something) as a part.

    "The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase."

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

    "Incorporate air into the mixture."

  • To admit as a member of a company

  • To form into a legal company.

    "The company was incorporated in 1980."

  • 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).

  • To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.

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

adjective

Meaning

  • Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

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

  • Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

    "an incorporate banking association"