/es'em plas"tik, -euhm-/ , adj.
having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole: the esemplastic power of a great mind to simplify the difficult.
[ 1810-20; es-, dial. var. of eis- into + ( h ) én, neut. of heîs one + PLASTIC; irreg. coinage by S.T. Coleridge; cf. G Ineinsbildung, term used by Schelling ]