English Dictionary: incorporeal | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Incorporeal \In`cor*po"re*al\, a. [Pref. in- not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. {Incorporal}.] 1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial. Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense. --Milton. Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us. --Bentley. 2. (Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to {corporeal}. {Incorporeal hereditament}. See under {Hereditament}. Syn: Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual. |