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implemental, a.|ɪmplɪˈmɛntəl| [f. implement n. + -al1.] Of the nature of an implement or implements: †a. Essentially constituent; b. Instrumental, practically effective.
1676Marvell Gen. Councils Wks. 1875 IV. 154 All the ill that could have come of it would have been, that such kinds of bishops should have proved less implemental. 1746W. Horsley Fool (1748) I. 11 A Statesman proper to govern this Implemental Common-wealth. 1874Bushnell Forgiveness & Law iv. 220 The threefold substance of doctrine here set forth is to be his [the Holy Spirit's] implemental power. |