[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.
