Definition of incorporate
- a. - Not consisting of matter; not having a material body;
incorporeal; spiritual.
- a. - Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as,
an incorporate banking association.
- a. - Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in
one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
- v. t. - To form into a body; to combine, as different
ingredients. into one consistent mass.
- v. t. - To unite with a material body; to give a material
form to; to embody.
- v. t. - To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already
formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and
into.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. i. - To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to
be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by with.