Definition

Verb: 1. To incorporate again or anew: To form or organize something into a legal corporation once more, or to include something as part of a whole again.

Usage and Examples

The verb "re-incorporate" is used to describe the action of legally re-establishing a corporation or of integrating something back into a structure or system.

• After operating as a partnership for five years, the founders decided to re-incorporate the business to limit their personal liability.
• The new CEO's strategy was to re-incorporate the traditional company values into the modern corporate culture.
• Following the merger, the subsidiary was dissolved, only to be re-incorporated as a separate entity two years later.

Advanced Usage

• In a business/legal context: This is the most common usage, referring to the formal legal process of creating a corporate entity again, often in a new jurisdiction or under a new structure.
  • The company chose to re-incorporate in Delaware for its favorable tax laws.
• In a conceptual/organizational context: It can describe the act of bringing back and integrating ideas, principles, or elements that were previously removed or lost.
  • The revised policy aims to re-incorporate feedback from the initial failed rollout.

Variants and Related Words

• Re-incorporation (noun): The act or process of re-incorporating.
  • The re-incorporation of the firm was completed last month.
• Incorporate (verb): The base verb meaning to form a corporation or to include something as part of a whole.
• Reintegrate (verb): To integrate again. This is a close synonym in non-legal contexts, focusing on bringing parts back into a whole.

Synonyms

• Reconstitute
• Reintegrate (in non-legal contexts)
• Re-establish (as a corporation)

Antonyms

• Dissolve
• Disincorporate
• Remove
• Exclude

Verb

1. incorporate again or anew