1 Nevada is one of the very youngest and wildest of the states; nevertheless, it is already scattered with ruins that seem as gray and silent and time-worn as a century old civilization. All these ruins are results of mining efforts made within the last few years. Throughout the wilderness of Nevada, you come upon these dead mining towns everywhere.

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2 While exploring the mountain ranges of the state during three summers, I have seen at least five of these deserted towns and villages. Some of them were probably only camps built by bands of prospectors, inhabited for a few months or years, and then carelessly abandoned for more promising fields. Many were real towns, regularly laid out and incorporated, containing well-built hotels, churches, schoolhouses, post offices, and jails, as well as the mills on which they all depended.
Read the sentence from paragraph 2.

Many were real towns, regularly laid out and incorporated, containing well-built hotels, churches, schoolhouses, post offices, and jails, as well as the mills on which they all depended.

The word incorporated has multiple meanings. Using a dictionary or online dictionary, write down two or more definitions of the word incorporated. List the definition used in the sentence first.

Answer 1

Here are two definitions of the word "incorporated," with the definition used in the sentence listed first:

1. Incorporated: Formed into a legal corporation; recognized by law as a separate legal entity.

2. Incorporated: Combined or united into one body or mass; merged.