incorporate

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

(verb)

  1. An example of incorporate is to blend orange into a painting of primary colors.
  2. 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.

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See incorporate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

transitive verb incorporated, incorporating

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

Origin: ME incorporaten

intransitive verb

  1. to unite or combine into a single whole; be combined or merged
  2. to form a corporation

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
  1. To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence: incorporated the letter into her diary.
  2. To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization.
  3. To cause to merge or combine together into a united whole.
  4. To cause to form into a legal corporation: incorporate a business.
  5. To give substance or material form to; embody.
  6. Linguistics To cause (a word, for example) to undergo noun incorporation.
verb, intransitive
  1. To become united or combined into an organized body.
  2. To become or form a legal corporation: San Antonio incorporated as a city in 1837.
  3. Linguistics To be formed by or allow formation by noun incorporation.
adjective (-pər-ĭt)
  1. Combined into one united body; merged.
  2. Formed into a legal corporation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English incorporaten

Origin: , from Late Latin incorporāre, incorporāt-, to form into a body

Origin: : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2

Origin: + Latin corpus, corpor-, body; see corpus

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Related Forms:

  • in·corˈpo·ra·ble (-pər-ə-bəl) adjective
  • in·corˌpo·raˈtion noun
  • in·corˈpo·raˌtive adjective
  • in·corˈpo·raˌtor noun

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