資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Incorporate \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 golds,
            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.