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incorporeal

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/ / /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/

adj

Etymology: From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.

  1. Having no material form or physical substance.

    Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms / Reduced their shapes immense.

    Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us.

  2. Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent.

noun

Etymology: From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.

  1. Something that is incorporeal.

    The World is all viciſsitude and converſion. Nor is it onely true in Materials and Substances; but even in Spirits, in Incorporeals; […]

    The divine nature of the celeſtial bodies cannot be ſeen through the teleſcope, and incorporeals are not to be viewed with a microſcopic eye: […]

incorporeal — meaning, definition (adjective) · Vinony