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encorporate

encorporate is the archaic form of incorporate.

Meaning of incorporate

Verb

incorporate (third-person singular simple present incorporates, present participle incorporating, simple past and past participle incorporated)

  1. (transitive) To include (something) as a part.
    • The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
  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) 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.
    • By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, / Till holy church incorporate two in one.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Forms of encorporate

third-person singular presentencorporates
present participleencorporating
past participleencorporated
pastencorporated

Origin of encorporate

From en- + corporate.

Questions about encorporate

What is encorporate the archaic form of?
Encorporate is the archaic form of incorporate.

Words near encorporate in the dictionary

  1. encorbelments
  2. encore
  3. encored
  4. encores
  5. encoring
  6. encorporate
  7. encorporated
  8. encorporates
  9. encorporating
  10. encorporation
  11. encoubert

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encorporate (page history and authors); incorporate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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