Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incorporeal"

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

Incorporeal \In`cor*po"re*al\, a. [Pref. in- not + corporeal:
cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. {Incorporal}.]
1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not
consisting of matter; immaterial.

Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced
their shapes immense. --Milton.

Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from
some incorporeal substance within us. --Bentley.

2. (Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable
of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an
object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to {corporeal}.

{Incorporeal hereditament}. See under {Hereditament}.

Syn: Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

incorporeal
adj : without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
[syn: {immaterial}] [ant: {corporeal}]


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