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English Dictionary: incorporeal by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incorporeal
adj
  1. without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
    Synonym(s): incorporeal, immaterial
    Antonym(s): corporeal, material
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.
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