incorporate

Definition

To include (something) as a part.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase."
• "to incorporate another's ideas into one's work"
• "The Romans[…] did not subdue a country in order to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community."