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incorporation

/ɪŋˌkɔɹpəˈɹeɪʃən/

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What does incorporation mean?

noun

  1. The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
  2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
  3. The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. The act of creating a corporation.
  2. A body incorporated; a corporation.
  3. A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
  4. A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states.

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/ɪŋˌkɔɹpəˈɹeɪʃən/

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All such incorporations were anciently called universities, which, indeed, is the proper Latin name for any incorporation whatever.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Consider, in the same way, the problems of education, burial, prison discipline, blasphemy, poor relief, incorporation, mortmain, religious endowments, vows of celibacy.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
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Of course, a large part of the fun of this game lies in the witty incorporation of all sorts of extraneous objects.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsFloor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars"Project Gutenberg ebook #3690
Entering at that moment, he was an incorporation of the strongest reasons through which Will’s pride became a repellent force, keeping him asunder from Dorothea.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
These are examples of incorporation and agglutination in the grammatical system of languages which are justly cited as models of an interior development by inflexion.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322