reincorporate

verb

re·​in·​cor·​po·​rate (ˌ)rē-in-ˈkȯr-pə-ˌrāt 

reincorporated; reincorporating

transitive + intransitive

: to incorporate again: such as

a

: to form or cause (something or someone) to form a corporation again

U.S. companies reincorporate abroad … to avoid paying U.S. taxes.

—Peter Beinart

… he even reincorporated the company as a public benefit corporation, which legally requires it to prioritize its effects on society as much as its profitability.

—Deborah Aarts

b

: to become part of or cause (someone or something) to become part of a group or whole again

… the non-Russian republics who did not want Russia to assert later that it had the right to reincorporate those republics into the Russian empire.

—Edmund Haislmaier

… had been invited by the command to discuss how the rebels could reincorporate into civilian life.

—Douglas Farah

Many experts advocate … gradually reincorporating some of the foods you've eliminated so you can see how they make you feel.

—Stephanie Eckelkamp

After the cooking is done, let the breasts sit at room temperature for five minutes before serving so that the natural juices can reincorporate into the meat.

—Bruce Weinstein

also : to blend or combine again

Using your ladle, stir the batter to reincorporate the cornstarch, which has a tendency to settle on the bottom of the bowl.

—Jennifer Aranas

reincorporation

(ˌ)rē-in-ˌkȯr-pə-ˈrā-shən 

noun

plural reincorporations

The reincorporation, which will merge the existing company into a new, wholly owned subsidiary, was approved …

—Kaija Wilkinson

Examples of reincorporate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That was only two years after the city of Tampa reincorporated and two decades before the non-profit’s first facility in within the city was built. —Tom Layberger, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

The proposal to reincorporate to a Nevada corporation was recommended following a rigorous and thoughtful analysis by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and our Board of Directors. —Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025

Shake before serving: separation of sugars and fine tea sediment is totally natural, and giving your tea a gentle shake helps everything reincorporate evenly for a perfect glass. —Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2025

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was deeply committed to bringing his country into NATO, had decided in the summer of 2008 to reincorporate two separatist regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. —John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1600, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reincorporate

• borosilicate
• decontaminate
• deoxycholate
• deteriorate
• differentiate
• diisocyanate
• dinoflagellate
• excommunicate
• incapacitate
• insubordinate
• intercorporate
• interpenetrate