[syn: incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, a. [L. incorporatus. See In-
not, and Corporate.]
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1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body;
incorporeal; spiritual.
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Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things
invisible, and incorporate. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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2. Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an
incorporate banking association.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, a. [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.
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As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds
Had been incorporate. --Shak.
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A fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold.
--Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Incorporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incorporating.]
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1. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients,
into one consistent mass.
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By your leaves, you shall not stay alone,
Till holy church incorporate two in one. --Shak.
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2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to;
to embody.
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The idolaters, who worshiped their images as gods,
supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein.
--Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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3. To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed;
as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with
and into.
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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.
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The Romans did not subdue a country to put the
inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate
them into their own community. --Addison.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, v. i.
To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed
or blended; -- usually followed by with.
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Painters' colors and ashes do better incorporate will
oil. --Bacon.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incorporate
adj 1: formed or united into a whole [syn: incorporate,
incorporated, integrated, merged, unified]
v 1: make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She
incorporated his suggestions into her proposal" [syn:
integrate, incorporate] [ant: disintegrate]
2: 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" [syn: incorporate, contain,
comprise]
3: form a corporation
4: unite or merge with something already in existence;
"incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same
case"