Incorporate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 合并, 并入
• ［英］ v. 合并, 并入 ( to combine or join with something already formed; include; embody)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +corpor ( 团体) -> 进入团体 -> 合并
• ［例］ I incorporated the new peans with the old.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (-rated; -rating)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin incorporatus, past participle of incorporare, from Latin in- + corpor-, corpus body — more at midriff
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
    • b. to blend or combine thoroughly
  • 2.
    • a. to form into a legal corporation
    • b. to admit to membership in a corporate body
  • 3. to give material form to ; embody
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to unite in or as one body
  • 2. to form or become a corporation
• ? incorporable adjective
• ? incorporation noun
• ? incorporative adjective
• ? incorporator noun

II. adjective

• Date: 14th century
• incorporated

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