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

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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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. 

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