2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture;
combination; synthesis.
3. The union of something with a body already existing; association;
intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered
countries into the Roman republic.
4. (Law) (a) The act of creating a corporation. (b) A body
incorporated; a corporation.
In*cor"po*ra*tive (?), a. Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as,
the incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American Indians,
etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word.
History demonstrates that incorporative unions are solid and
permanent; but that a federal union is weak.
W. Belsham.
In*cor"po*ra`tor (?), n. One of a number of persons who gets a company
incorporated; one of the original members of a corporation.
In`cor*po"re*al (?), a. [Pref. in- not + corporeal: cf. L.
incorporeus. Cf. Incorporal.]
1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of
matter; immaterial.
Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes
immense.
Milton.
Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal
substance within us.
Bentley.
2. (Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual
visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible;
-- opposed to corporeal.
Incorporeal hereditament. See under Hereditament.
Syn. -- Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual.
In`cor*po"re*al*ism (?), n. Existence without a body or material form;
immateriality. Cudworth.
In`cor*po"re*al*ist, n. One who believes in incorporealism. Cudworth.
In`cor*po`re*al"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being incorporeal
or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism. G. Eliot.
In`cor*po"re*al*ly (?), adv. In an incorporeal manner. Bacon.
In*cor`po*re"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. in- not + corporeity: cf. F.
incorporéite.] The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality.
Berkeley.
In*corpse" (?), v. t. To incorporate. [R.] Shak.
In`cor*rect" (?), a. [L. incorrectus: cf. F. incorrect. See In- not,
and Correct.]
1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established
rules; inaccurate; faulty.
The piece, you think, is incorrect.
Pope.
2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an
incorrect statement or calculation.
3. Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or
subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct.
It shows a will most incorrect to heaven.
Shak.
The wit of the last age was yet more incorrect than their language.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Inaccurate; erroneous; wrong; faulty.
In`cor*rec"tion (?), n. [Pref. in- not + correction: cf. F.
incorrection.] Want of correction, restraint, or discipline. [Obs.]
Arnway.
In`cor*rect"ly (?), adv. Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as,
a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.
In`cor*rect"ness, n. The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity
to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as, incorrectness
may consist in defect or in redundance.
{ In*cor`re*spond"ence (?), In*cor`re*spond"en*cy (?), } n. Want of
correspondence; disagreement; disproportion. [R.]
In*cor`re*spond"ing, a. Not corresponding; disagreeing. [R.] Coleridge.
In*cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. incorrigibilité.] The state or
quality of being incorrigible.
The ingratitude, the incorrigibility, the strange perverseness . .
. of mankind.
Barrow.
In*cor"ri*gi*ble (?), a. [L. incorrigibilis: cf. F. incorrigible. See
In- not, and Corrigible.] Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected
or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible
error. "Incorrigible fools." Dryden.
In*cor"ri*gi*ble (?), n. One who is incorrigible; especially, a
hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles.
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In*cor"ri*gi*ble*ness (?), n. Incorrigibility. Dr. H. More.
In*cor"ri*gi*bly, adv. In an incorrigible manner.
In`cor*rod"i*ble (?), a. Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or
eaten away.