About The Word Susceptible
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Susceptible
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What's The Definition Of Susceptible?
[adj] (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"
[adj] easily impressed emotionally Synonyms | Synonyms for Susceptible: allergic | capable | convincible | fictile | hypersensitised | hypersensitive | hypersensitized | impressible | impressionable | liable(p) | nonimmune | nonresistant | open to(p) | persuadable | persuasible | pliable | predisposed | responsive | sensitised | sensitized | suasible | subject to(p) | suggestible | supersensitised | supersensitive | supersensitized | temptable | unresistant | unvaccinated | vulnerable Related Terms | Find terms related to Susceptible: See Also | sensitive | unprotected Susceptible In Webster's Dictionary \Sus*cep"ti*ble\, a. [F., from L. suscipere,
susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize,
admit; pref. sus (see {Sub-}) + capere to take. See
{Capable}.]
1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change,
affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body
susceptible of color or of alteration.
It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious
dawn of our eternal day. --Young.
2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility;
impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more
susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts.
--Cowper.
I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb.
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