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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incorporeal  \In`cor*po"re*al\,  a.  [Pref.  in-  not  +  corporeal: 
  cf  L.  incorporeus  Cf  {Incorporal}.] 
  1.  Not  corporeal;  not  having  a  material  body  or  form  not 
  consisting  of  matter;  immaterial. 
 
  Thus  incorporeal  spirits  to  smaller  forms  Reduced 
  their  shapes  immense.  --Milton. 
 
  Sense  and  perception  must  necessarily  proceed  from 
  some  incorporeal  substance  within  us  --Bentley. 
 
  2.  (Law)  Existing  only  in  contemplation  of  law;  not  capable 
  of  actual  visible  seizin  or  possession;  not  being  an 
  object  of  sense  intangible;  --  opposed  to  {corporeal}. 
 
  {Incorporeal  hereditament}.  See  under  {Hereditament}. 
 
  Syn:  Immaterial;  unsubstantial;  bodiless;  spiritual. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incorporeal 
  adj  :  without  material  form  or  substance;  "an  incorporeal  spirit" 
  [syn:  {immaterial}]  [ant:  {corporeal}] 

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