disincorporate

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ incorporate

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹeɪt/

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• (anjective) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹət/

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Verb

disincorporate (third-person singular simple present disincorporates, present participle disincorporating, simple past and past participle disincorporated)

1. To deprive of corporate rights.
2. (US) To revoke the charter of an incorporated town or city.

   Four towns in the Quabbin Valley were disincorporated, and their residents relocated, to create a reservoir.

Adjective

disincorporate (not comparable)

1. Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:

     So as it is a thing of great use well to define , what , and of what latitude those points are , which do make men merely aliens and disincorporate from the church of God

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 130

Anagrams

• prionoceratids