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incorporeal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
• /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
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Etymology

From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.

Meanings

1. Having no material form or physical substance.
   • Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us. 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
   • Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms / Reduced their shapes immense. 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
2. Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent.

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Antonyms

corporeal

Deriveds

incorporeality · incorporealism · incorporealist · incorporeally

Synonyms

disembodied (having no material form) · intangible (having no material form) · uncorporeal (having no material form)

Translations (16)

grc ἀσώματος (having no material form or physical substance) · bg безплътен (having no material form or physical substance) · fa مجرد (having no material form or physical substance) · ja 無形 (having no material form or physical substance) · fr incorporel (having no material form or physical substance) · gl incorpóreo (having no material form or physical substance) · es incorpóreo (having no material form or physical substance) · ang unlīchamlīċ (having no material form or physical substance) · el άυλος (having no material form or physical substance) · pt incorpóreo (having no material form or physical substance) · it incorporeo (having no material form or physical substance) · ca incorpori (having no material form or physical substance) · vo nenstöfik (having no material form or physical substance) · el ασώματος (having no material form or physical substance) · bg нематериален (having no material form or physical substance) · ru невещественный (having no material form or physical substance)

incorporeal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
• /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.

Meanings

1. Something that is incorporeal.
   • The divine nature of the celeſtial bodies cannot be ſeen through the teleſcope, and incorporeals are not to be viewed with a microſcopic eye: […] 1793, Thomas Taylor, “The Timæus of Plato: A Dialogue on Nature”, in The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides and Timæus of Plato. […], London: […] Benjamin and John White, […], →OCLC, Introduction, page 395:
   • Where the interest in a piece of land of one of six heirs to the deceased father’s estate was levied upon and it was claimed as a homestead, the Court said: “It is an incorporeal, and an incorporeal cannot be the object of the homestead act.” 1875, John H. Smyth, “The right of homestead in lands held in common”, in The Law of Homestead and Exemptions, San Francisco, Calif.: Sumner Whitney & Co., →OCLC, Addenda, pages 413–414:
   • The World is all viciſsitude and converſion. Nor is it onely true in Materials and Substances; but even in Spirits, in Incorporeals; […] 1628, Ow[en] Felltham, “Of Assimilation”, in Resolves or, Excogitations. A Second Centurie. (Resolves: A Duple Century […]), London: […] [George Purslowe] for Henry Seile, […], →OCLC, page 195:
   • It is manifest that incorporeals are incapable of transfer by delivery. But urban praedial rights may be ceded in court, and rural ones may also be mancipated. 1880, Gaius, translated by James Muirhead, “[Commentarius Secundus]”, in The Institutes of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian. […], Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […], →OCLC, “Gaii Institutionum Iuris Civilis Commentarii Quattuor”, § 28, page 82:

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