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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1398|origins=la corpus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪnˈkoɹ.pəˌɹeɪt/, /ɪŋˈkoɹ.pɹeɪt/; /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/, /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|incorporaten]], [[bor|la-lat|incorporātus]], the past participle of [[m|la-lat|incorporō|t=to unite into one body, embody]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|in-|t=into]] and [[m|la|corpus|t=body]] (stem corpor-; see [[corpse]] and [[corporal]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To combine into one body, include: before 1398, in Trevisa's translation of Bartholomew's ''De Proprietatibus Rerum'', in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) the late 14th century in Etymonline, where it also meant to absorb or eat, often in medical writing.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To establish as a legal corporation is first recorded in the Rolls of Parliament in 1461 (the mid-15th century).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The participial adjective, formally constituted as a corporation, is from 1480.^(OED 1989) To admit someone as a member of a body is from the 16th century.^(Hoad 1986) A separate adjective incorporate, without bodily substance, is from 1540, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1398 – to combine into one body.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1461 – to form a legal corporation.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1480 – incorporate, incorporated (adjective).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1540 – incorporate, incorporeal (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To include something as part of a whole.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To combine or merge into a single body.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To form a business into a legal [[corporation]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To admit as a member of a corporation or society.^(AHD)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Combined into one; incorporated.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incorporable]]

+ * [[incorporation]]

+ * [[incorporative]]

+ * [[incorporator]]

+ * [[disincorporate]]

+ * [[preincorporate]]

+ * [[reincorporate]]

+ * [[incorporated]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[corporation]]

+ * [[corporate]]

+ * [[corpse]]

+ * [[corps]]

+ * [[corpus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}