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ally | incorporate |

As a proper noun ally

is a diminutive of the female given names alison, alice and alexandra.

As a verb incorporate is

to include (something) as a part.

As an adjective incorporate is

(obsolete) corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

ally

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) alien, (etyl) alier (Modern French allier), from (etyl) . Compare alligate, allay, alloy and ligament.

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy
  • * (rfdate) :
    • O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied .
  • To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied .
  • * (rfdate) :
    • The virtue nearest to our vice allied .
    Usage notes
    * Generally used in the passive form or reflexively. * Often followed by to'' or ''with .
    Synonyms
    * make common cause

    Noun

    (allies)
  • One united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
  • * (rfdate) :
    • the English soldiers and their French allies
  • Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
  • * (rfdate) Buckle:
    • Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally.
  • Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
  • (taxonomy) A closely related species, usually within the same family.
    • Gruiformes — cranes and allies
  • (obsolete) A relative; a kinsman.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Related terms
    * alliance

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive of alabaster.

    Noun

    (allies)
  • (a glass marble or taw)

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    incorporate

    English

    Verb

    (incorporat)
  • To include (something) as a part.
    • The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.
    to incorporate another's ideas into one's work
  • * Addison
    • The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community.
  • To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
    • Incorporate air into the mixture.
  • To admit as a member of a company
  • To form into a legal company.
    • The company was incorporated in 1980.
  • (US, legal) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the , such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
  • To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
  • * Shakespeare
    • By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, / Till holy church incorporate two in one.
  • To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
  • * Bishop Stillingfleet
    • The idolaters, who worshipped their images as gods, supposed some spirit to be incorporated therein.

    Derived terms

    * incorporated

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
  • * Shakespeare
    • As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds / Had been incorporate .
  • * Francis Bacon
    • a fifteenth part of silver incorporate with gold
  • Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Moses forbore to speak of angels, and things invisible, and incorporate .
  • Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.
    • an incorporate banking association

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