in·cor·po·rate

(ĭn-kôr′pə-rāt′)

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

v.tr.

1. To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence: incorporated the letter into her diary.

2. To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization.

3. To cause to merge or combine together into a united whole.

4. To cause to form into a legal corporation: incorporate a business.

5. To give substance or material form to; embody.

v.intr.

1. To become united or combined into an organized body.

2. To become or form a legal corporation: San Antonio incorporated as a city in 1837.

3. Linguistics To move from the head of one phrase to the head of another, forming a new word by affixing onto that head, as in certain languages when a noun object of a verb is affixed to the verb.

adj. (-pər-ĭt)

1. Combined into one united body; merged.

2. Formed into a legal corporation.

[Middle English incorporaten, from Late Latin incorporāre, incorporāt-, to form into a body : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-² + Latin corpus, corpor-, body; see corpus.]

in·cor′po·ra·ble (-pər-ə-bəl) adj.

in·cor′po·ra′tion n.

in·cor′po·ra′tive adj.

in·cor′po·ra′tor n.

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Noun	1.	incorporation - consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body consolidation, integration - the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"
	2.	incorporation - learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself internalisation, internalization learning, acquisition - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" introjection - (psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects introjection - (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego
	3.	incorporation - including by incorporating inclusion - the act of including annexation, appropriation - incorporation by joining or uniting

incorporation

noun merger, federation, blend, integration, unifying, inclusion, fusion, absorption, assimilation, amalgamation, coalescence the incorporation of two airlines into one

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Translations

incorporation

costituzione [di società]fusione [di società]

incorporation

[ɪnˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən] N (= inclusion) → inclusión f, incorporación f; (= integration) → incorporación f (Comm) → constitución f en sociedad (anónima)

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incorporation

(= integration) → Aufnahme f, → Integration f (→ into, in in +acc)

(= containing) → Verbindung f, → Vereinigung f

(Jur, Comm: of company) → Gründung f

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