incorporation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

incorporation
    n 1: consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one
         body
    2: learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated
       within yourself [syn: {internalization}, {internalisation},
       {incorporation}]
    3: including by incorporating

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Incorporation \In*cor`po*ra"tion\, n. [L. incorporatio: cf. F.
   incorporation.]
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   1. The act of incorporating, or the state of being
      incorporated.
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   2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture;
      combination; synthesis.
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   3. The union of something with a body already existing;
      association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the
      incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman
      republic.
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   4. (Law)
      (a) The act of creating a corporation.
      (b) A body incorporated; a corporation.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

INCORPORATION. This term is frequently confounded, particularly in the old 
books, with corporation. The distinction between them is this, that by 
incorporation is understood the act by which a corporation is created; by 
corporation is meant the body thus created. Vide Corporation.

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

INCORPORATION, civil law. The union of one domain to another.

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