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Webster 1913 Edition


Impletion

Im-ple′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
impletio
. See
Implement
.]
1.
The act of filling, or the state of being full.
Sir T. Browne.
2.
That which fills up; filling.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Impletion

IMPLE'TION

,
Noun.
[L. impleo, to fill; in and pleo.]
The act of filling; the state of being full.
The impletion is either in simple or compound flowers. The impletion of simple flowers, is by the increase either of the petals, or of the nectary.