es·em·plas·tic | ˌesemˈplastik |
adjective rare
molding into one; unifying: Coleridge defines imagination as the esemplastic power.
Derivatives
esemplastically | -(ə)lē | adverb
Origin
early 19th century: from Greek _es _‘into’ + _hen _(neuter of _heis _‘one’) + -ic; formed irregularly by Coleridge, probably suggested by German Ineinsbildung, in the same sense.