What does Incorporated mean?


Incorporate \In*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incorporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incorporating.]

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1. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass. [1913 Webster]

By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, Till holy church incorporate two in one. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody. [1913 Webster]

The idolaters, who worshiped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]

3. To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into. [1913 Webster]

4. To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's work. [1913 Webster]

The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

5. 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, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc. [1913 Webster]


Incorporated \In*cor"po*ra`ted\, a.

1. United or combined together to form in one body. [1913 Webster]

2. Formed into a corporation and registered with a government body as such; made a legal entity. [1913 Webster +PJC]


integrated \integrated\ adj.

1. Formed or united into a whole.

Syn: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified. [WordNet 1.5]

2. Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as, an integrated Europe. Opposite of nonintegrated. [Narrower terms: coordinated, interconnected, unified; embedded; incorporated; tight-knit, tightly knit]

a more closely integrated economic and political system --Dwight D. Eisenhower [WordNet 1.5]

3. Having different groups treated together as equals in one group; as, racially integrated schools. [Narrower terms: co-ed, coeducational; desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregated; interracial; mainstreamed] Also See: integrative, joint, united. Antonym: segregated. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

4. Resembling a living organism in organization or development. [Narrower terms: organic (vs. inorganic)]

Syn: structured. [WordNet 1.5]

5. combined. Opposite of uncombined. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

6. having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit. Opposite of unmixed. [Narrower terms: blended[2]]

Syn: amalgamated, intermingled, mixed. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


incorporated adj
1: formed or united into a whole [syn: incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified]
2: organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town" [syn: corporate, incorporated]
3: introduced into as a part of the whole; "the ideas incorporated in his revised manuscript"


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