different between corpse vs corporate

English

Alternative forms

• corse (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Displaced native Old English l?? (whence modern English word lich). The ?p? was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps and corpus. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while playing a dead body.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??ps/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??ps/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?ko?ps/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ps

Noun

corpse (plural corpses)

1. A dead body.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:corpse

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:corpse.
2. (archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body

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Translations

Verb

corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)

1. (intransitive, slang, of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
2. (transitive, slang, of an actor) To cause another actor to do this.

Anagrams

• Cosper, Crespo, Pecors, copers, corpes, scoper

English

Etymology

From Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to make into a body”), which in turn was formed from corpus (“body”). See also corpse.

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??.p??.?t/, /?k??.p??t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.p?.??t/, /?k??.p??t/
• (verb)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??.p??.e?t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.p?.?e?t/
• Hyphenation: cor?por?ate, corp?orate

Adjective

corporate (comparative more corporate, superlative most corporate)

1. Of or relating to a corporation.
2. Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
3. Unified into one body; collective.
4. Related to corporation that franchises rather than an individual franchise.

   The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

corporate (countable and uncountable, plural corporates)

1. (finance) A bond issued by a corporation.
2. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
3. (business, uncountable) A corporation that franchises, as opposed to than an individual franchise.

   McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.

Verb

corporate (third-person singular simple present corporates, present participle corporating, simple past and past participle corporated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To incorporate.
   • 1598, John Stow, A Survey of London

     This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To become incorporated.

References

• corporate at OneLook Dictionary Search
• corporate in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• corporate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• proto-race

Latin

Verb

corpor?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corpor?