incorporating

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incorporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incorporating.] [1913 Webster]

1.To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass. [1913 Webster]

By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy church incorporate two in one.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody. [1913 Webster]

The idolaters, who worshiped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein.— Bp. Stillingfleet.[1913 Webster]

3.To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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