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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corporate \Cor"po*rate\ (k?r"p?-r?t), adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corporate \Cor"po*rate\ (-r?t), verb (used with an object) To incorporate. [Obs.] -- Stow.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corporate \Cor"po*rate\, verb (used without an object) To become incorporated. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
corporate
adjective
1: of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure"
2: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "'corporate' is an archaic term" [syn: {bodied}, {corporal}, {embodied}, {incarnate}]
3: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" [syn: {collective}]
4: organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town" [syn: {incorporated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "corporate": affiliate, affiliated, allied, associate, associated, cabalistic, coincident, combined, compact, comprehensive, concurrent, confederate, confederated, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, conspiratorial, coupled, enleagued, federate, federated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, inclusive, incorporated, joined, joint, leagued, married, paired, partners with, teamed, wed, wedded
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