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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Susceptible \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.
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It sheds on souls susceptible of light,
The glorious dawn of our eternal day. --Young.
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2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility;
impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more
susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
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Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of
affronts. --Cowper.
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I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb.
[1913 Webster] -- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. --
Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.
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WordNet susceptibleness
n : the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility]
[ant: unsusceptibility]