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Added 5 October 2026

incorporate

/ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/ verb

Latin root: incorporātus Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about incorporate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To include (something) as a part.
The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
Incorporate air into the mixture by whisking.
To admit as a member of a company

adjective

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

adjective

Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.
an incorporate banking association

Origin

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

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