资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Corporate \Cor"po*rate\ (k?r"p?-r?t), a. [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.