Definition of "incorporate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To include (something) as a part.

   • The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
   • to incorporate another's ideas into one's work

2. (transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend

   • Incorporate air into the mixture by whisking.

3. (transitive) To admit as a member of a company

4. (transitive) To form into a legal company.

   • The company was incorporated in 1980.

5. (US, law) 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).

6. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.

7. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

adjective

1. Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

2. Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

   • an incorporate banking association