Incorporate
/ɪnˈkɔːr.pə.reɪt/noun
To form into a whole or legally organize as a corporation.
Did you know?In medieval Latin, the same body-root behind *incorporate* also powered mystical and philosophical ideas about giving something a new, embodied existence rather than just a new name.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
incorporare
“to put into a body; to unite into one body”
Late Latin
LLatin
incorporatus
“embodied, made into one body”
Old French
Old French
incorporer
“to unite, combine, or embody”
15th Century
English
incorporaten
“to unite into one body; to admit into a corporation”
Modern English
English
incorporate
“to form into a whole or register as a legal corporation”
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