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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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incorporator

(ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪtə)

1. a person who incorporates

2. (Commerce) commerce

a. any of the signatories of a certificate of incorporation

b. any of the original members of a corporation

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