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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, a. [L. incorporatus. See {In-}
   not, and {Corporate}.]
   1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body;
      incorporeal; spiritual.

            Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things
            invisible, and incorporate.           --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.

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

Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, a. [L. incorporatus, p. p. of
   incorporare to incorporate; pref. in- in + corporare to make
   into a body. See {Corporate}.]
   Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one
   body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

         As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been
         incorporate.                             --Shak.

         A fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold.
                                                  --Bacon.

Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, v. i.
   To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed
   or blended; -- usually followed by with.

         Painters' colors and ashes do better incorporate will
         oil.                                     --Bacon.

         He never suffers wrong so long to grow, And to
         incorporate with right so far As it might come to seem
         the same in show.                        --Daniel.

Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Incorporated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incorporating}.]
   1. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients.
      into one consistent mass.

            By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy
            church incorporate two in one.        --Shak.

   2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to;
      to embody.

            The idolaters, who worshiped their images as golds,
            supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein.
                                                  --Bp.
                                                  Stillingfleet.

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

   4. 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.

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

   5. 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.

Source : WordNet®

incorporate
     v 1: make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated
          his suggestions into her proposal" [syn: {integrate}]
          [ant: {disintegrate}]
     2: 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" [syn: {contain}, {comprise}]
     3: form a corporation
     4: unite or merge with something already in existence;
        "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the
        same case"

incorporate
     adj : formed or united into a whole [syn: {incorporated}, {integrated},
            {merged}, {unified}]
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