verb (past and past participlein·cor·po·rat·ed, present participlein·cor·po·rat·ing, 3rd person present singularin·cor·po·rates)
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb join with something that exists: to combine something with, or include it within, something already formed, or be combined or included in this way
2. transitive and intransitive verb merge things: to combine one thing with another, so as to form a united whole, or be combined in this way
3. transitive and intransitive verb commerce form or become corporation: to form a corporation, or give something the legal form of a corporation
4. transitive verb give real form to something: to give material form to something
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formal
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adjective
Definition:
1. united: merged into a united whole
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formal
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2. commercial law Same as incorporated (sense 1)
[14th century. < late Latin incorporat-, past participle of incorporare "make into a body" < Latin corpus "body"]
