incorporeal
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/ / /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/
adj
Etymology: From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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: […]”