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corporate
CIDE DICTIONARY
corporate, a. [L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- United; general; collectively one. [1913 Webster]"They answer in a joint and corporate voice." [1913 Webster]
corporate, v. t.
To incorporate. Stow. [1913 Webster]
corporate, v. i.
To become incorporated. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
corporate, adj.
1 forming a corporation (corporate body; body corporate).
2 forming one body of many individuals.
3 of or belonging to a corporation or group (corporate responsibility).
4 corporative.
1 forming a corporation (corporate body; body corporate).
2 forming one body of many individuals.
3 of or belonging to a corporation or group (corporate responsibility).
4 corporative.
Derivative
corporately adv. corporatism n.
Etymology
L corporare corporat- form into a body (corpus -oris)
THESAURUS
corporate
affiliate, affiliated, allied, associate, associated, cabalistic, coincident, combined, compact, comprehensive, concurrent, confederate, confederated, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, conspiratorial, coupled, enleagued, federate, federated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, inclusive, incorporated, joined, joint, leagued, married, paired, partners with, teamed, wed, weddedROGET THESAURUS
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Junction
N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.For further exploring for "corporate" in Webster Dictionary Online
