# incorporate

Pronunciation: US say "in-KOR-pur-ayt" /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/; UK say "in-KOR-puh-rayt" /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/

## Verb

1. To include something as a part of a larger whole.
   - Simple: To make something a part of a larger thing.
   - _The architect chose to incorporate natural light into every room of the house._
   - _Modern cars incorporate sensors that warn drivers of nearby obstacles._
2. To mix something in as an ingredient until it blends evenly into the rest.
   - Simple: To mix one thing into another until they blend together.
   - _Gently incorporate the whipped cream so the batter stays light._
   - _The chef incorporated fresh herbs into the sauce just before serving._
3. To form a business into a legal company recognized by law.
   - Simple: To turn a business into an official, legal company.
   - _The founders chose to incorporate the startup before raising any money._
   - _Many freelancers incorporate their consulting work to reduce taxes._
4. To admit someone as a member of a company or organized body.
   - Simple: To accept someone as a member of a group or company.
   - _The society agreed to incorporate the younger scholars as full members._
   - _The committee incorporated several volunteers into its permanent staff._
5. To combine different ingredients or parts into one consistent mass.
   - Simple: To combine different things into one solid mass.
   - _Mix the powder and resin until they incorporate into one even paste._
   - _Over time the sediments incorporated into a solid layer of rock._
6. To unite something with a material body; to give it a material form or embody it.
   - Simple: To give something a physical form, or join it to a real body.
   - _Ancient writers imagined how a god might incorporate into mortal form._
   - _The legend describes a ghost that incorporated itself in a marble statue._
7. In US constitutional law, to apply a clause or guarantee of the Constitution to state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment. *(US)*
   - Simple: In US law, to make one of the rights in the Constitution apply to state governments too.
   - _The Court moved to incorporate the Second Amendment, binding state governments to it._
   - _Later rulings incorporated the protection against unreasonable searches._

## Adjective

Pronunciation: US say "in-KOR-pur-uht" /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.ət/; UK say "in-KOR-puh-ruht" /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/

8. Not formed into a corporation, and so not existing as one in law.
   - Simple: Not set up as a legal company with rights of its own.
9. Spiritual rather than physical, having no material body and not made of matter.
   - Simple: Having no body, made of spirit rather than matter.
   - _Medieval thinkers debated whether angels were incorporate or possessed some subtle matter._
   - _The poet describes the spirit as incorporate, drifting free of flesh and bone._

## Adjective

Pronunciation: US say "in-KOR-pur-uht" /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.ət/; UK say "in-KOR-puh-ruht" /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/

10. Made into one body; united, combined, or joined together as a single whole. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Joined together and made into one body or group.
   - _By the king's charter the boroughs stood incorporate, one body under a single seal._
   - _The metals lay incorporate in the crucible, fused into one bright mass._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–7, 10** — It comes through Middle English from Late Latin incorporātus, the past participle of incorporō ("to embody, to incorporate"), formed from in- ("in") plus corpus, corporis ("body").
**Meanings 8–9** — It comes from the prefix in- ("not") added to corporate.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/incorporate (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).