Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incorporating"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.


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