incorporate

¹

[in-kawr-puh-reyt, in-kawr-per-it, -prit]

verb (used with object)

incorporated, incorporating 

1. to form into a legal corporation.

2. to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts.

   to incorporate revisions into a text.

3. to take in or include as a part or parts, as the body or a mass does.

   His book incorporates his earlier essay.

4. to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients.

   Synonyms: personify, amalgamate, mix, blend, assimilate, absorb

5. to embody; exemplify.

   His book incorporates all his thinking on the subject.

6. to form into a society or organization.

verb (used without object)

incorporated, incorporating 

1. to form a legal corporation.

2. to unite or combine so as to form one body.

adjective

1. legally incorporated, as a company.

2. combined into one body, mass, or substance.

3. Archaic.,  embodied.

incorporate

²

[in-kawr-per-it, -prit]

adjective

Archaic.

1. not embodied; incorporeal.

incorporate

¹

verb

1. to include or be included as a part or member of a united whole

2. to form or cause to form a united whole or mass; merge or blend

3. to form (individuals, an unincorporated enterprise, etc) into a corporation or other organization with a separate legal identity from that of its owners or members

adjective

1. combined into a whole; incorporated

2. formed into or constituted as a corporation

incorporate

²

/ -prɪt, ɪnˈkɔːpərɪt /

adjective

1. an archaic word for incorporeal

Other Word Forms

• incorporative adjective
• incorporation noun
• nonincorporative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of incorporate¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, past participle of incorporāre “to embody, incarnate”; in- ², corporate

Origin of incorporate²

First recorded in 1525–35; from Late Latin incorporātus “not embodied”; in- ³, corporate

Word History and Origins

Origin of incorporate¹

C14 (in the sense: put into the body of something else): from Late Latin incorporāre to embody, from Latin _in- ² + corpus body

Origin of incorporate²

C16: from Late Latin incorporātus, from Latin _in- ¹ + corporātus furnished with a body

Example Sentences

In the Fix My Portfolio column, Beth Pinsker incorporated the new tax rates into instructions on how to decide whether or not to move money from a traditional individual retirement account into a Roth IRA.

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This relaxation, the researchers discovered, makes the old DNA strands less stable, so they get degraded, making it easier for the new strands to be incorporated without introducing any errors.

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Earlier this year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law bills that make the state more business friendly, including one that makes it more difficult to sue board members at companies incorporated in Texas.

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Son has told associates he hoped to incorporate robots in chip-manufacturing plants that will power AI.

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"It's just a matter of how we can incorporate that productively into our workflows, how can we leverage that to take our games to the next level."

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Related Words

• absorb 
• assimilate 
• blend 
• consolidate 
• cover 
• embody 
• fuse 
• integrate 
• merge 
• mix 
• organize