## Meanings
1. To include something as a part of a larger whole.
2. To mix one thing into another until they blend together.
3. To form a business into a legal company.

## Examples
- I incorporated their suggestions into the proposal.
- Gently incorporate the flour into the butter until smooth.
- The company was incorporated in 1980.

## Antonyms
- corporate
- corporeal

## Derived Forms
- bioincorporate
- disincorporate
- incorporated
- incorporative
- incorporator
- misincorporate
- preincorporate
- reincorporate
- unincorporate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krep-
- Root: incorporātus

## Etymology
From Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).

## AI Etymology
Incorporate comes from Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”). The historical chain includes *krep- (Proto-Indo-European) and incorporātus (Late Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as bioincorporate, disincorporate, incorporated, and incorporative. In present use it covers to include something as a part of a larger whole, to mix one thing into another until they blend together, and to form a business into a legal company.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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