ESEMPLASTIC

Etymology

From Greek ἐς ‘into’ + ἕν + πλαστικός (from πλάσσειν ‘to mould’). Coined by Coleridge, probably after German ineinsbildung ‘forming into one’.

Adjective

esemplastic (comparative more esemplastic, superlative most esemplastic)

Unifying; having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole.

Source: Wiktionary


Es`em*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Plastic.]

Definition: Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity. [R.] Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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