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| | adjective | 1. Molding into one; unifying. |
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| | | "The pastor shared his esemplastic sermon to the congregation with joy." |
| | | "As a leader, she was known for her esemplastic skill in bringing together team members with different working styles." |
| | | "While their poems seemed to have chaotic elements, there was always an esemplastic ending." |
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| Greek, early 19th century |
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| While constructed from Greek roots, this word was coined by an English poet and philosopher, likely inspired by a German word, "ineinsbildung," meaning "forming into one." In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 autobiography, "Biographia Literaria," he formed "esemplastic" by combining the Greek phrase "es hen," meaning "into one," with the Greek word "plassein," meaning "to mold." ... | Continue Reading |
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