incorporate

¹

[ verb in-kawr-puh-reyt; adjective in-kawr-per-it, -prit ]

verb (used with object)

, in·cor·po·rat·ed, in·cor·po·rat·ing.

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)

, in·cor·po·rat·ed, in·cor·po·rat·ing.

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. See incorporeal
   an archaic word for incorporeal

Derived Forms

• inˌcorpoˈration, noun
• inˈcorporative, adjective

Other Words From

• in·corpo·ration noun
• in·corpo·rative adjective
• nonin·corpo·rative 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

“We really believe in the importance of living an active lifestyle, so we’re not ready to share it yet, but we’re going to be doing something very large incorporating fitness into Fabletics,” Goldenberg said.

From TechCrunch

Online learning platforms are seeing a boom, and technology in general is being incorporated in unprecedented ways, which is actually helping to broaden the reach of educators in some regions of the world.

From Fortune

Finally, we complete the ensemble by incorporating weighted polls when available to produce our final prediction.

From Ozy

Councilman Mark Kersey, who ultimately voted yes, proposed three amendments that were incorporated into the ordinance.

From Voice of San Diego

As YouTube is a part of Google, you can also increase your website’s authority on the search engine by incorporating the same.

From Search Engine Watch

These entrepreneurs have chosen to incorporate as private businesses, with all the legal rights and privileges that entails.

From The Daily Beast

Worse, she obsesses over this with all of the friends and then tries to incorporate shark imagery into their sex life.

From The Daily Beast

“These are problem-solving products but that incorporate technology in a really subtle, unobtrusive way,” she says.

From The Daily Beast

Or, rather, to incorporate what we already know about black markets into our thinking about sex workers and their rights.

From The Daily Beast

They are very graphic and seem to incorporate the case since the people engaging in the scribbled sex acts are wearing masks.

From The Daily Beast

But they cannot be obeyed by men in an incorporate condition, without being obeyed by each member as an individual.

From Project Gutenberg

Much diligence, however, is required fully to incorporate these, so that the cheese may be uniform throughout.

From Project Gutenberg

But your birth is obscure, and your connexions not such as most old families would wish to incorporate with their own.

From Project Gutenberg

When the Incas conquered a country and people they so arranged affairs as to incorporate the people as part of the empire.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, sir, the Republican party has attempted to incorporate an additional provision into the Constitution.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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