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

• incorporation noun
• incorporative adjective
• 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

Elsewhere, he’s tried to cultivate “little moments of Lego”—a brick botanical arrangement on a cabinet, or Lego versions of famous paintings, such as Hokusai’s “The Great Wave,” incorporated into a gallery wall.

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He said that although a lot of other elements had been incorporated into the project it remained, first and foremost, a flood protection scheme.

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When Martin used AI to design the character, he incorporated the prompt: “Make frequent sassy remarks that they are wasting your time. It sounds bad, but it’s really important for the story.”

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Twilio’s voice solutions, which now incorporate artificial intelligence, contributed heavily to the strong quarter, wrote Oppenheimer analysts.

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But the Muschietti siblings add that they are also incorporating certain messages into the mayhem.

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Related Words

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