释义 |
esemplastic, a.|ɛsɛmˈplæstɪk| [f. Gr. ἐς into + ἕν, neut. of ἕις + πλαστικ-ός, f. πλάσσειν to mould: a word irregularly formed by Coleridge, and probably suggested to him by the Ger. ineinsbildung forming into one.] Having the function of moulding into unity; unifying.
1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 139 On the imagination, or esemplastic power. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. i. (1873) 220 Nor I trust will Coleridge's favorite word esemplastic..ever become current. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 488 The unifying—or if I may use the expression, esemplastic—power of the imagination over the many subordinate truths. |