in·cor·po·rate
(ĭn-kôŕpə-rāt́)
[Middle English incorporaten, from Late Latin incorporāre, incorporāt-, to form into a body, Latin in-, causative pref.; see in–2, + Latin corpus, corpor-, body; see corpus.]
verb: -rat·ed, -rat·ing, -rates.
transitive verb
- 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.
intransitive verb
- 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
- Combined into one united body; merged.
- Formed into a legal corporation.
derivatives
- in·coŕpo·ra·ble
- adjective
- in·coŕpo·rátion
- noun
- in·coŕpo·rátive
- adjective
- in·coŕpo·rátor
- noun
