单词 | impletion |
释义 | impletionn. 1. The action of filling; the condition of being filled; fullness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness fullnessa1398 repletiona1398 fullinessa1400 impletion1583 repleteness1603 plenitya1622 expletion1623 plenuma1784 stowage1825 plenitude1857 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Iiv Dooth not the impletion and sacietie of meates and drinks prouoke lust? 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvi. 145 Upon a..plentifull impletion there may perhaps succeed a disruption of the matrix. View more context for this quotation 1650 W. Greenhill Expos. Ezekiel (ed. 2) 72 Impletion—when the Spirit..fills the heart of any with Divine graces and influences. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 146 The stomach and bowels have been accustomed to the stimulus of food, and a certain degree of impletion. 1863 H. James Subst. & Shadow xv. 256 The depletion of his [man's] natural pride and self-seeking in order to his subsequent spiritual impletion with all Divine gentleness peace and innocence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > fulfilment of a wish, prophecy, etc. explement1593 impletion1615 completion1659 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 100 The impletion of Scriptures, which had so prescribed of him. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel App. ii. 293 The impletion of that Prophecy is..already past. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 197 The very literal impletion of the prophecy. 3. Botany. The filling up of the disk or cup of a flower with petals, by the conversion of stamens, nectaries, etc. into petals; the ‘doubling’ of a ‘single’ flower, whereby it becomes flore pleno. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > doubleness or doubling plenitude1760 impletion1788 1788 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) i. xx. 61 The Impletion of Simple Flowers, is by the Increase either of the Petals, or of the Nectarium. Derivatives imˈpletionist n. one who advocates impletion or filling up: see quot. ΚΠ 1883 Sat. Rev. 14 Apr. 464 Two general views on that question [Scotch crofters]..may be summarized by the two words ‘impletionist’ and ‘depletionist’. 1883 Sat. Rev. 14 Apr. 464 The impletionist recommends..lowering of rents, increase of pasturage privileges, ‘rooting in the soil’, and all the rest of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1583 |
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