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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.

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In the context of the sentence, the word "incorporated" is used to refer to towns that have been formed into a legal entity or municipality. Here are two definitions of the word "incorporated":

1. (used in legal context) Formed into a legal corporation; established as a municipality or legal entity that is separate from its owners.

2. Combined or united into one body or substance; included or integrated.

In this case, the first definition aligns with the use of "incorporated" in the sentence concerning towns being officially recognized and structured as municipalities.

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