incorporated

UK: 'incorporated', 'Incorporated': /ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪtɪd/

US: /ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪtɪd/

US: (in kôr′pə rā′tid)

From the verb incorporate: (⇒ conjugate)

incorporated is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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in•cor•po•rat•ed /ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪtɪd/  adj. 

1. formed into a legal corporation:
   an incorporated business.
   [after a noun] usually part of the name of the corporation, in abbreviated form:
   Whitehall Industries, Inc.
See -corp-.

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in•cor•po•rat•ed  (in kôr′pə rā′tid), adj. 

1. Business, Government, Law formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
2. combined in one body;
   made part of.

• incorporate¹ + -ed² 1590–1600

in•cor′po•rat′ed•ness, n. 

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in•cor•po•rate¹ /ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪt/   v., -rat•ed, -rat•ing. 

1. Business, Law to form (into) a corporation: [no object]
   The business incorporated and called itself Handelman's, Inc.
   [~ + object]
   He decided to incorporate his business.
2. to introduce (something) as a basic part:
   [~ + object + into + object] Use the word processor to incorporate any revisions into your text.
3. to include as a part:
   [~ + object] His book incorporates his earlier essay.
4. to make or gather into something real;
   to embody:
   [~ + object] This essay incorporates all her thinking on the subject.

in•cor•po•ra•tion, n. 

[uncountable] the incorporation of those states into one country.

See -corp-.

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in•cor•po•rate¹  (v. in kôr′pə rāt′;adj. in kôr′pər it, -prit), v., -rat•ed, -rat•ing, adj. 
v.t. 

1. Business, Law to form into a legal corporation.
2. to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts:
   to incorporate revisions into a text.
3. to take in or include as a part or parts, as the body or a mass does:
   His book incorporates his earlier essay.
4. to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients.
5. to embody:
   His book incorporates all his thinking on the subject.
6. to form into a society or organization.

v.i. 

7. Business, Law to form a legal corporation.
8. to unite or combine so as to form one body.

adj. 

9. Business, Law legally incorporated, as a company.
10. combined into one body, mass, or substance.
11. [Archaic.] embodied.

• Late Latin incorporātus past participle of incorporāre to embody, incarnate. See in-², corporate
• Middle English 1350–1400

in•cor′po•ra′tion, n. 
in•cor′po•ra′tive, adj. 
Synonyms

• 4. embody, assimilate.

in•cor•po•rate²  (in kôr′pər it, -prit), adj. [Archaic.]

1. not embodied;
   incorporeal.

• Late Latin incorporātus not embodied. See in-³, corporate
• 1525–35

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incorporate verb / ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt/

1. to include or be included as a part or member of a united whole
2. to form or cause to form a united whole or mass; merge or blend
3. to form (individuals, an unincorporated enterprise, etc) into a corporation or other organization with a separate legal identity from that of its owners or members

adjective / ɪnˈkɔːpərɪt -prɪt/

1. combined into a whole; incorporated
2. formed into or constituted as a corporation

Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: put into the body of something else): from Late Latin incorporāre to embody, from Latin in-² + corpus body

inˈcorporative adjective

inˌcorpoˈration noun

incorporate / ɪnˈkɔːpərɪt -prɪt/ adjective

1. an archaic word for incorporeal

Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin incorporātus, from Latin in-¹ + corporātus furnished with a body