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Susceptible

Susceptible Meaning & Definition
Susceptible Definition And Meaning

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

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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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