单词 | discorporate |
释义 | discorporateadj. 1. Of the soul: separated from the body. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 470 (MED) Whane owr sovlys schall bene discorparate, And be at large, sovle and corpus a twyne. 2. Deprived of corporate character and privileges; made no longer a corporation; disincorporated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [adjective] > deprived of rights of corporation discorporate1682 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 45 The City was never to this day discorporate. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2391/1 Such of the said Corporations..are not Discorporate or Dissolved. II. As adjective. 3. Not corporate; not united into a corporation. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > disunited or separated disincorporate1605 dissolute1651 discorporate1833 atomized1848 1833 T. Carlyle in Foreign & Q. Rev. Apr. 269 Corporations of all sorts have perished (from corpulence); and now instead of the seven corporate selfish spirits, we have the one-and-thirty millions of discorporate selfish. 1933 Times 13 Apr. 10/4 Like the public, the Cabinet is not a corporation but a body discorporate which can only be approached by approaching its individual members. 1981 M. Braunstein Radical Vegetarianism xi Dairy Queen is merged in discorporate partnership with Burger King. 4. Not having a material body; incorporeal or bodiless. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective] bodilessa1398 matterlessa1398 unmateriala1398 unbodily1398 immaterialc1450 metaphysic1528 incorporeal1532 incorporate1540 incorporal1551 uncorporal1567 metaphysical1577 unphysical1593 limbless1594 corpseless1596 unbodied1609 immateriate1626 incorporeous1638 uncarnate1646 unmattered1647 incorporificated1651 unembodied1662 unessential1667 inessential1677 unelementarya1706 unelementateda1706 unincarnate1709 immechanical1715 asomatous1731 unincorporate1821 unfleshly1834 ethereal1836 non-material1847 non-physical1856 unincarnated1859 discorporate1888 transubstantial1892 1888 I. R. Baxley Prophet & Other Poems 52 So in the spreading circuit of that light Shall souls emerge... Its thin, discorporate fusion of delight Bears up the footing of their noiseless feet. 1899 Oread Nov. 893/2 Dante's discorporate souls in the Inferno..make themselves bodies of the circumambient air. 1927 Times 12 Apr. 16/2 The rows of faces, looming white, immobile, and discorporate from the darker recesses of the public galleries. 1987 G. E. Slusser Aliens v. 59 Like Clarke's Overmind, the soul of the hero is now a discorporate intelligence. 2010 K. Lord Redempt. in Indigo v. 47 Tone and expression are more potent than vocabulary, even when you are a discorporate entity standing in the interstices of time and space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). discorporatev. Now rare. 1. transitive. To deprive of corporate character; to dissolve (a corporate body). Cf. disincorporate v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > dissolve corporate body discorporate1595 disincorporate1697 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. iii. 80 The two new mysteries were discorporated [It. priuaronsi le due Arti nuoue de' loro corpi], and euerie of those remitted vnder the auncient mysteries. 1683 T. Hunt Def. Charter London 40 A Corporation or Society of men may discorporate and dissolve themselves. a1715 G. Hickes Constit. Catholick Church (1716) 153 The Church..may be disenfranchis'd or discorporated at pleasure by the Sovereign Civil Power. 1742 T. Barnadiston Rep. Cases Chancery 146 In case the Borough should happen to be discorporated, then these Law-Suits were to be commenced. 1885 Hampshire Advertiser 28 Oct. 1/6 Colonel Kennard proposed ‘The health of the Mayor’, remarking that although the borough had been disfranchised he hoped it would not be discorporated. 2011 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 30 Jan. He was launching a petition drive to discorporate the town. 2. transitive. To separate from a corporate body; to dissociate, disconnect. Cf. disincorporate v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)] shedOE depart1297 externec1420 deforce1430 sequesterc1430 enstrange1483 estrange1523 separate1526 alienate1534 segregate1542 foreign1598 excommunicate1602 stranger1608 dissociate1623 discorporate1695 disincorporate1701 atomize1895 twine1895 ghetto1936 1695 J. Howe Disc. Much-lamented Death Queen Mary 40 Define what, and of what latitude those points are, which discorporate men from the body of the Church. 1817 H. Grattan Speeches (1822) IV. 399 You will have the Catholic clergy incorporated with the See of Rome, and the Catholic laity discorporated from the people of England. 1875 Minutes Evid. Sel. Comm. Public Worship Facilities Bill 23/1 in Rep. Comm. 7th Vol. (House of Commons) XIV. The 20 dissidents..saying they wanted to discorporate themselves from the parish they were in, and incorporate themselves with the next. 1999 M. Giorgino & R. Tasca in R. Ruozi & L. Anderloni Banking Privatisation in Europe vi. 212 Law No. 218..sought to discorporate the banking arms from their public foundations and bodies in order to facilitate transferability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500v.1595 |
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