Incorporative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incorporative \In*cor"po*ra*tive\, a.
     Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the
     incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American
     Indians, etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word.
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           History demonstrates that incorporative unions are
           solid and permanent; but that a federal union is weak.
                                                    --W. Belsham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incorporative
       adj : growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent
             territories; "the Russian Empire was a typical
             incorporative state"