incorporated
[in-kawr-puh-rey-tid]
- formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- combined in one body; made part of.
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Origin of incorporated
incorporate1
[verb in-kawr-puh-reyt; adjective in-kawr-per-it, -prit]
- to form into a legal corporation.
- to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts: to incorporate revisions into a text.
- to take in or include as a part or parts, as the body or a mass does: His book incorporates his earlier essay.
- to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients.
- to embody: His book incorporates all his thinking on the subject.
- to form into a society or organization.
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- to form a legal corporation.
- to unite or combine so as to form one body.
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- legally incorporated, as a company.
- combined into one body, mass, or substance.
- Archaic. embodied.
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Origin of incorporate1
Synonyms
See more synonyms for incorporate on Thesaurus.com4. embody, assimilate.
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Examples from the Web for incorporated
Contemporary Examples
McKell has also incorporated the community into his other projects, like high fashion photography.
As a result, Bacon explained, “Al Qaeda has incorporated more Pakistanis into its ranks to fill these vacancies.”
The X-37B is probably testing technologies that might be incorporated into the spy satellites of the future.
What happened was that Christian incorporated this idea into his character throughout the film.
Add melted butter, egg, buttermilk, and orange zest and whisk until incorporated 3.
Historical Examples
This club was incorporated under the state laws of Illinois, on January 26, 1899.
Concerning CatsHelen M. Winslow
Into his snarl he incorporated all that was vicious, malignant, and horrible.
White FangJack London
They also prepared special articles which have been incorporated in the book.
The Automobile Storage BatteryO. A. Witte
Into our public and other schools should be incorporated industrial training.
The Negro FarmerCarl Kelsey
Charles I. incorporated it, and the cloth-market was then of some importance.
England, Picturesque and DescriptiveJoel Cook
incorporated
- united or combined into a whole
- organized as a legal corporation, esp in commerceAbbreviation: Inc, inc
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incorporate1
- to include or be included as a part or member of a united whole
- to form or cause to form a united whole or mass; merge or blend
- 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
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- combined into a whole; incorporated
- formed into or constituted as a corporation
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Word Origin
C14 (in the sense: put into the body of something else): from Late Latin incorporāre to embody, from Latin in- ² + corpus body
incorporate2
- an archaic word for incorporeal
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Word Origin
C16: from Late Latin incorporātus, from Latin in- 1 + corporātus furnished with a body
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Word Origin and History for incorporated
incorporate
v.
late 14c., "to put (something) into the body or substance of (something else)," from Late Latin incorporatus, past participle of incorporare "unite into one body," from Latin in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + corpus (genitive corporis) "body" (see corporeal). Meaning "to legally form a body politic" is from 1460s. Related: Incorporated; incorporating.
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