incorporated
(a.)合并的;結合的
In·cor·po·ra·ted a.
1. United or combined together to form in one body.
2. Formed into a corporation and registered with a government body as such; made a legal entity.
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In·cor·po·rate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incorporated p. pr. & vb. n. Incorporating ]
1. 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. --Shak.
2. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
The idolaters, who worshiped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
3. To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into.
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.
The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community. --Addison.
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.
incorporated
adj 1: formed or united into a whole [syn: incorporate, integrated,
merged, unified]
2: organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special
agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town"
[syn: corporate]
3: introduced into as a part of the whole; "the ideas
incorporated in his revised manuscript"