corpor & corp
These ROOT-WORDS are CORPOR & CORP which come from the Latin corpus meaning BODY. The word flies from the important detective story prop, the CORPse - to the big business, the CORPORation.
1. Corporal : CORPOR al (kor’ p oral) adj.
Relating to the body
2. Corporality : CORPORability (kor pr ral’ it ee) n.
The state of being a body, or of having a body
3. Corporate : CORPOR ate (kor’ po rat) adj.
Combined into one body; united by legal enactment
4. Corporately : CORPOR ately (kor’ po rat lee) adj.
In the manner of being a corporation
5. Corporateness : CORPOR ateness (kor’ po rate nes) n.
The quality of being corporate
6. Incorporate : in CORPOR ate (in kor’ po rate) v.
To make into an association of persons by legal enactment
7. Corporation : CORPOR ation (kor po ray’ shun) n.
A body of men who have been incorporated
8. Corporational : CORPOR ational (kor po ray’ shun al) adj.
Relating to corporation
9. Corpuscle : CORP uscle (kor’ pus el) n.
A cell that floats in the blood
10. Corporationer : CORPOR ationer (kor po ray’ shun er) n.
A member of a corporation
11. Corporeal : CORPOR eal (kor pore’ ee al) adj.
Having a material body
12. Corporealist : CORPOR ealist (kor po’ re al ist) n.
A materialist; one who is interested only in material things
13. Corporeality : CORPOR eality (kor pore ee al’ it ee) n.
The state of corporeal existence
14. Corporosity : CORPOR osity (kor po ros’ i ti) n.
Bulky, large bodied
15. Corporify : CORPOR ify (kor por’ i fie) v.
To embody; to incorporate
16. Corps : CORP s (kore) n.
A group of people organized for a common service; as, Peace Corps
17. Corpse : CORP se (korps) n.
A dead body
18. Corpulence : CORP ulence (kor’ pyu lens) n.
Excessive fatness; obesity
19. Corpulent : CORP ulent (kor’ pyu lent) adj.
Being excessively fat; obese
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