Meaning

adjective of or belonging to a corporation

adjective possessing or existing in bodily form; - Shakespeare

adjective done by or characteristic of individuals acting together

originThe adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate…

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