disincorporate
disincorporate · disincorporates · disincorporated · disincorporating
To deprive of corporate rightsTo deprive of corporate rights.
/ˌdɪsɪŋˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹeɪt/
Meaning
2 senses(US)To 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.
To deprive of corporate rights.
Forms
disincorporates, disincorporating, disincorporated, disincorporatedregular · Lesson
| Base form | disincorporate · to disincorporate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | disincorporates |
| Present participle | disincorporating |
| Past simple | disincorporated |
| Past participle | disincorporated |
Tenses
disincorporate · disincorporated · will disincorporate · have disincorporatedPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.