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Cor"po*rate , v. i. To become incorporated. [Obs.]


Cor"po*rate (-r?t), v. t. To incorporate. [Obs.]

Stow.


Cor"po*rate (k?r"p?-r?t), a. [L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]

1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.

2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. "Corporate property." Hallam.

3. United; general; collectively one.

They answer in a joint and corporate voice.
Shak.

Corporate member, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board.



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