Verb

To see someone or something as different from others.

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To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.

To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.

* 1784 : William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c. , PREFACE

THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

(obsolete) To make to differ.

* Bible, 1 Cor. iv. 7 (Douay version)

Who distinguisheth thee?

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.