incorporate

English Online Dictionary. What means incorporate‎? What does incorporate mean?

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/
  • (General American) enPR: ĭnkôr'pərāt, IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/, /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɹeɪt/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.e(ɪ)t/, /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɹe(ɪ)t/
• (adjective)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/
  • (General American) enPR: ĭnkôr'pərət, IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.ət/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.ət/

Verb

incorporate (third-person singular simple present incorporates, present participle incorporating, simple past and past participle incorporated)

1. (transitive) To include (something) as a part.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:integrate
2. (transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend

3. (transitive) To admit as a member of a company
4. (transitive) To form into a legal company.

5. (US, law) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
6. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
7. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

Derived terms

• incorporated

Translations

Adjective

incorporate (comparative more incorporate, superlative most incorporate)

1. (obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

Etymology 2

From in- (“not”) +‎ corporate.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔɹpɚət/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ).pəɹ.ət/
• (US) enPR: ĭnkôr'pərət, IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɔɹpɚət/

Adjective

incorporate (not comparable)

1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
2. Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

Antonyms

• corporate, corporeal

Anagrams

• procreation

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

incorporate

1. inflection of incorporare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

incorporate f pl

1. feminine plural of incorporato

Anagrams

• crepitarono, patrocinerò, portoricane

Latin

Verb

incorporāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of incorporō

Spanish

Verb

incorporate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of incorporar combined with te