impletion
(ɪmˈpliːʃən)
[ad. late L. implētiōn-em, noun of action from implēre: see implete a.]
1. The action of filling; the condition of being filled; fullness.
| 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1877) 104 Dooth not the impletion and sacietie of meates and drinks prouoke lust? 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xvi. 145 Upon a..plentifull impletion there may perhaps succeed a disruption of the matrix. 1650 Greenhill Ezekiel 72 Impletion—when the Spirit..fills the heart of any with Divine graces and influences. 1822–34 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. |
† 2. Fulfilment, accomplishment (of prophecy).
| 1615 T. Adams Leaven 100 The impletion of scriptures, w{supc}{suph} had so prescribed of him. 1681 H. More Exp. Dan. App. ii. 293 The impletion of that Prophecy is..already past. a 1716 South Serm. (1744) X. 197 The very literal impletion of the prophecy. |
3. Bot. 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.
| 1788 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xx. (ed. 4) 61 The Impletion of Simple Flowers, is by the Increase either of the Petals, or of the Nectarium. |
Hence imˈpletionist, one who advocates impletion or filling up: see quot.
| 1883 Sat. Rev. 14 Apr. 464 Two general views on that question [Scotch crofters]..may be summarized by the two words ‘impletionist’ and ‘depletionist’. Ibid., The impletionist recommends..lowering of rents, increase of pasturage privileges, ‘rooting in the soil’, and all the rest of it. |