† encorporev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive in Alchemy: To form one body with; to amalgamate.
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c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 262 Oure matires enbibyng And eek of oure matires encorporyng.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 13 Putte þe element of watir..vpon j lb of mater, and putte by .vij. daies to encorpere wel.
2. transitive. To insert in a body of documents; to enrol or enter in the records of a court.
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society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [verb (transitive)] > lodge document in court
enter1425
enrol1495
file1511
affile1512
encorpore1523
box1789
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 260 We woll..that the sayd letters before encorpored, be of none effecte.
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