ˈcorporateness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
† 1. Corpulence. Obs. (Cf. corporate a. 1.)
| 1547 Boorde Brev. Health xc. 36 Corpulence, corporateness or grosnes of the body. 1547 Recorde Judic. Ur. 43 It is a token of fattyng, or growyng to a corporatenesse. |
† 2. ‘Bodiliness, bodily substance.’ Obs.
| 1727–31 in Bailey vol. II. |
3. The quality of being a body corporate.
| 1755 in Johnson; thence in mod. Dicts. |