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.