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incorporating

incorporating is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about incorporating

What is incorporating the present participle and gerund of?
Incorporating is the present participle and gerund of incorporate.

Words near incorporating in the dictionary

  1. incorporated company
  2. incorporated place
  3. incorporated places
  4. incorporatedness
  5. incorporates
  6. incorporating
  7. incorporation
  8. incorporations
  9. incorporative
  10. incorporator
  11. incorporators

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