incorporate

Incorporate is defined as to work into something that already exists, or to become a corporation.

(verb)

An example of incorporate is to blend orange into a painting of primary colors.
An example of incorporate is to make a restaurant chain have the legal status of a corporation.

The definition of incorporate is united as one.

(adjective)

An example of incorporate is classroom decoration with many types of religious and non-religious holiday decorations on the walls.

See incorporate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: ME incorporat < LL incorporatus, pp. of incorporare: see in- & corporate

to combine or join with something already formed; make part of another thing; include; embody
to bring together into a single whole; merge
to admit into a corporation or association as a member
to form (individuals or units) into a legally organized group that acts as one individual; form into a corporation
to give substantial, material, or physical form to

Origin: ME incorporaten

intransitive verb

Related Forms:

adjective

Archaic incorporeal

Origin: L incorporatus: see in- & corporate

See incorporate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb in·cor·po·rat·ed, in·cor·po·rat·ing, in·cor·po·rates

verb, transitive

To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence: incorporated the letter into her diary.
To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization.
To cause to merge or combine together into a united whole.
To cause to form into a legal corporation: incorporate a business.
To give substance or material form to; embody.
Linguistics To cause (a word, for example) to undergo noun incorporation.

verb, intransitive

To become united or combined into an organized body.
To become or form a legal corporation: San Antonio incorporated as a city in 1837.
Linguistics To be formed by or allow formation by noun incorporation.

adjective (-pər-ĭt)