ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.ət ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət ɪnˈkɑːneɪt having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination strong-bodied big-bodied possessing or existing in bodily form what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind an incarnate spirit ‘corporate’ is an archaic term