English Explanatory Dictionary

incorporate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To include (something) as a part.
To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
To admit as a member of a company
To form into a legal company.
To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

adj

Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

adj

Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

Pronunciation

/ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/ ĭnkôr'pərāt /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/ /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɹeɪt/ /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.e(ɪ)t/ /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɹe(ɪ)t/ en-ca-incorporate.ogg /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ ĭnkôr'pərət /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.ət/ /ɪŋˈkɔɹpɚət/ /ɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ).pəɹ.ət/

Word forms

incorporate incorporates incorporating incorporated more incorporate most incorporate

Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).

Synonyms

absorb add on assimilate co-opt corporate incorporate incorpse integrate subsume swallow

Antonyms

corporate corporeal

Derived words

bioincorporate disincorporate incorporated incorporative incorporator misincorporate preincorporate reincorporate unincorporate

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