incorporator

in·cor·po·rate  (n-kôrp-rt)

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.

6. Linguistics To cause (a word, for example) to undergo noun incorporation.

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 be formed by or allow formation by noun incorporation.

adj. (-pr-t)

1. Combined into one united body; merged.

2. Formed into a legal corporation.

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

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in·corpo·ra·ble (-pr--bl) adj.

in·corpo·ration n.

in·corpo·rative adj.

in·corpo·rator n.

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incorporator [ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪtə]

n

1. a person who incorporates

2. (Business / Commerce) US Commerce

a.  any of the signatories of a certificate of incorporation

b.  any of the original members of a corporation