Definition of INCORPORATE

incorporate

Verb

  • make into a whole or make part of a whole
    • "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"
  • include or contain; have as a component
  • form a corporation
  • unite or merge with something already in existence
    • "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case"
  • To include (something) as a part.
  • To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
  • To admit as a member of a company
  • To form into a legal company.
  • 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).
  • To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
  • To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

Adjective Satellite

  • formed or united into a whole

Adj

  • Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
  • Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
  • Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

Examples

  • an incorporate banking association
  • Incorporate air into the mixture by whisking.
  • The company was incorporated in 1980.
  • The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
  • to incorporate another's ideas into one's work

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 15

incorporate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
incorporate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incorporate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

incorporate: valid Words With Friends Word