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<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Incorporally</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*cor"po*ral*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Incorporeally.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorporatus</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Corporate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.</def>

<blockquote>Moses forbore to speak of angles, and things invisible, and <b>incorporate</b>. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; <as>as, an <ex>incorporate</ex> banking association</as>.</def>

<h1>Incorporate</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incorporatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>incorporare</ets> to incorporate; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>corporare</ets> to make into a body. See <er>Corporate</er>.]</ety> <def>Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.</def>

<blockquote>As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been <b>incorporate</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A fifteenth part of silver <b>incorporate</b> with gold. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incorporate</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incorporated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Incorporating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass.</def>

<blockquote>By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy church <b>incorporate</b> two in one. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.</def>

<blockquote>The idolaters, who worshiped their images as golds, supposed some spirit to be <b>incorporated</b> therein. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; <as>as, to <ex>incorporate</ex> copper with silver</as>; -- used with <i>with</i> and <i>into</i>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; <as>as, to <ex>incorporate</ex> provinces into the realm; to <ex>incorporate</ex> another's ideas into one's work.</as></def>

<blockquote>The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to <b>incorporate</b> them into their own community. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>incorporate</ex> a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc.</as></def>

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<hw>In*cor"po*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Painters' colors and ashes do better <b>incorporate</b> will oil. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He never suffers wrong so long to grow, And to <b>incorporate</b> with right so far As it might come to seem the same in show. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incorporated</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*cor"po*ra`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>United in one body; formed into a corporation; made a legal entity.</def>

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