disincorporate

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/ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹeɪt//ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹət/

verb

To deprive of corporate rights.

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

Scrabble 19

Meanings

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

present singular third person disincorporates · participle present disincorporating · participle past disincorporated · past disincorporated

  1. To deprive of corporate rights.
  2. USTo 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.

adjectivedisincorporate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSeparated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.

    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

    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

Origin

  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Englishincorporate
  7. Englishdisincorporate

From dis- + incorporate.

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APA

disincorporate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincorporate

MLA

“disincorporate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincorporate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disincorporate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincorporate.

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