The story
From Greek ἐς ‘into’ + ἕν + πλαστικός (from πλάσσειν ‘to mould’). Coined by Coleridge, probably after German ineinsbildung ‘forming into one’.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
esemplastic
Today it means: Unifying; having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole. Full definition →