a.
[Gr. 'es into, to + "en one + plastiko`s molded, formed. See
Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity. [R.] Coleridge.
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[Gr. 'es into, to + "en one + plastiko`s molded, formed. See
Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity. [R.] Coleridge.
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(es-em-PLAS-tik)
adjective
Having the capability of moulding diverse ideas or things into unity.
Etymology
From Greek es- (into) + en, neuter of eis (one) + plastic. Coined by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), apparently after German Ineinsbildung (forming into one)].
Here is how Coleridge used the term in his 1817 Biographia Literaria or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions. Vol. I, Chapter 13:
On the imagination, or esemplastic power. O Adam! one Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return If not depraved from good: created all Such to perfection, one first nature all Indued with various forms, various degrees.
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