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What does INCORPORATE mean?

Definitions for INCORPORATE
ɪnˈkɔr pəˌreɪt; -pər ɪt, -prɪtin·cor·po·rate

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word INCORPORATE.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unifiedverb

    formed or united into a whole

  2. integrate, incorporateverb

    make into a whole or make part of a whole

    "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"

  3. incorporate, contain, compriseverb

    include or contain; have as a component

    "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

  4. incorporateverb

    form a corporation

  5. incorporateverb

    unite or merge with something already in existence

    "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case"

Wiktionary

  1. incorporateverb

    To include (something) as a part.

    The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.

  2. incorporateverb

    To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend

    Incorporate air into the mixture.

  3. incorporateverb

    To admit as a member of a company

  4. incorporateverb

    To form into a legal company.

    The company was incorporated in 1980,

  5. incorporateverb

    In United States constitutional law, to make the powers of the states be limited by the Bill of Rights

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Incorporateadjective

    Immaterial; unbodied.

    Etymology: in and corporate.

    Moses forbore to speak of angels, and things invisible and incorporate. Walter Raleigh.

  2. To INCORPORATEverb

    Etymology: incorporer, French.

    A fifteenth part of silver, incorporate with gold, will not be recovered, except you put a greater quantity of silver to draw to it the less. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    Who the swelling clouds in bladders ties,
    To mollify the stubborn clods with rain,
    And scatter'd dust incorporate again? George Sandys.

    Villainous thoughts, Roderigo, when
    These mutualities so marshal the way,
    Hard at hand comes the master and main exercise,
    The incorporate conclusion. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    By your leaves, you shall not stay alone,
    'Till holy church incorporate two in one. William Shakespeare, R. and Ju.

    Upon my knees
    I charm you, by that great vow
    Which did incorporate and make us one. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.

    The apostle affirmeth plainly of all men christian, that be they Jews or Gentiles, bond or free, they are all incorporated into one company, they all make but one body. Richard Hooker.

    The same is incorporated with a majoralty, and nameth burgesses to parliament. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.

    It is Casca, one incorporate
    To our attempts. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

    Your most grave belly was deliberate,
    Not rash, like his accusers, and thus answer'd;
    True is it, my incorporate friends, quoth he,
    That I receive the general food at first,
    Which you do live upon. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    All this learning is ignoble and mechanical among them, and the Confutian only essential and incorporate in their government. William Temple.

    The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

    Courtesy, that seemed incorporated in his heart, would not be persuaded by danger to offer any offence. Philip Sidney.

    The idolaters, who worshipped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein, and so to make together with it a person fit to receive worship. Edward Stillingfleet.

  3. To Incorporateverb

    To unite into one mass.

    Painters colours and ashes do better incorporate with oil. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    It is not universally true, that acid salts and oils will not incorporate or mingle. Boyle.

    Thy soul
    In real darkness of the body dwells,
    Shut out from outward light,
    T' incorporate with gloomy night. John Milton, Agonistes.

    It finds the mind unprepossessed with any former notions, and so easily gains upon the assent, grows up with it, and incorporates into it. Robert South, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. incorporate

    To incorporate means to include something as part of something larger or to combine different elements together into a single, unified form or system. It can also refer to the legal process of forming a corporate entity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Incorporateadjective

    not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual

  2. Incorporateadjective

    not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association

  3. Incorporateadjective

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

  4. Incorporateverb

    to form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass

  5. Incorporateverb

    to unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody

  6. Incorporateverb

    to unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into

  7. Incorporateverb

    to unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's work

  8. Incorporateverb

    to form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc

  9. Incorporateverb

    to unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by with

  10. Etymology: [L. incorporatus. See In- not, and Corporate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Incorporate

    in-kor′po-rāt, v.t. to form into a body: to combine into one mass, or embody: to unite: to form into a corporation.—v.i. to unite into one mass: to become part of another body.—adj. united in one body: (rare) not having a material body.—n. Incorporā′tion, act of incorporating: state of being incorporated: formation of a legal or political body: an association: (gram.) polysynthesis.—adjs. Incor′porative, characterised by grammatical incorporation—also Polysynthetic; Incorpō′real, Incor′poral (Shak.), not having a body: spiritual: intangible.—ns. Incorpō′realism, Incorporē′ity, Incorporeal′ity.—adv. Incorpō′really.

Editors Contribution

  1. incorporate

    To form or unite into a whole or structure.

    They did incorporate the business data into their management system.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  

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  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'INCORPORATE' in Verbs Frequency: #451

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  1. procreation

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of INCORPORATE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of INCORPORATE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of INCORPORATE in a Sentence

  1. One US trainer:

    Normally we don’t do that, but based on what these Ukrainian members are going to do, it was very important that we were able to have that dialogue and incorporate some of those realistic threats.

  2. Amit Ray:

    Compassion, kindness and empathy are the components of higher human intelligence and to be true intelligent, artificial intelligence must incorporate them in the system.

  3. Chris Yakymchuk:

    Living matter preferentially consists of the lighter carbon atoms because they take less energy to incorporate into cells, based on the increased amount of carbon-12 in this graphite, we concluded that the carbon atoms were once ancient life, most likely dead microorganisms such as cyanobacteria.

  4. Jonathan Reiner:

    I love the idea of screening people who get on a plane to come to the U.S., but we should be able to incorporate that into our travel system here in the United States to prevent folks who are infected from going from, let’s say, parts of this country that have high viral threat to places maybe where there’s lower viral threat, one way to contain the virus is to test people the day of departure. And we have rapid tests that can do this. We just need the systems and the will to do it.

  5. Samuel Coffin:

    Tariffs hit activity and employment in a way that the BLS did not incorporate at the time, we believe the same is happening now.

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  • دمجArabic
  • hinzufügen, gründen, integrieren, einbinden, enthalten, beinhalten, einverleiben, inkorporierenGerman
  • ενσωματώνωGreek
  • sisällyttää, sekoittaaFinnish
  • incorporerFrench
  • cochorpagheyManx
  • menggabungkanIndonesian
  • incorporareItalian
  • 통합Korean
  • komokomoMāori
  • inlijven, inbouwenDutch
  • включа́ть, включи́ть, включатьRussian
  • vključiti, vključevatiSlovene
  • innefatta, uppta, arbeta in, inlemma, korporation, lägga till, inkorporera, blanda, införliva, legeraSwedish
  • kapsamak, kurmak, katmak, ihtiva etmek, dahil etmek, içermekTurkish

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