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susceptible
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Late Latin susceptibilis "capable, sustainable, susceptible," from Latin suscept- , past participle stem of suscipere "to take, catch, take up, lift up; receive, admit; submit to; sustain, support, bear; acknowledge, accept," from sub "up from ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 likely to be affected by something 2 easily influenced or tricked; credulous 3 (context medicine English) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus 4 that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result 5 vulnerable; (temporarily) ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" [ant: unsusceptible ] easily impressed emotionally
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB as ▪ But I was as susceptible as any other golfer and loved to look at new equipment. ▪ For some reason, people who get allergies aren't as susceptible to parasites. ▪ Alternatively, artificial footpath surfaces, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; ...
Usage examples of susceptible.
People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible, and they who feel one thing acutely will so feel another.
I varied our pleasures in a thousand different ways, and I astonished her by making her feel that she was susceptible of greater enjoyment than she had any idea of.
His prudence rendered him averse to any great innovation, and though his temper was not very susceptible of zeal or enthusiasm, he always maintained an habitual regard for the ancient deities of the empire.
Secondly, a thing may be befitting to someone by reason of human nature, because human nature is susceptible of it.
Situated as she was, I could not suppose her heart susceptible of harbouring a new affection, and I would have despised myself if I had tried to seduce her by any means in my power.
Although recommendations may be modified over the coming months, currently, when no information is available about whether the implicated strain of anthrax bacteria is especially susceptible to any particular antibiotic, ciprofloxacin or doxycycline is recommended for adults and children, although the course for children varies slightly.
As for the earl, Gower inclined to plead hesitatingly, still to plead, on behalf of a nobleman owning his influence and very susceptible to his wisdom, whose echo of a pointed saying nearly equalled the satisfaction bestowed by print.
The occasion of this seizure is that Guster has a tender heart and a susceptible something that possibly might have been imagination, but for Tooting and her patron saint.
If Philip Hozier was no poet, he was a sailor, and sailors are notoriously susceptible to the charms of the softer sex.
Exposed to increased irradiation, the reproductive cells of many plankton species, up to six times more susceptible to destruction by ultraviolet light, were gradually being destroyed.
Admitting the existence of two principal solid masses whose general direction is from south to north, and that these masses are more susceptible of permeation by the ethereal fluid than the waters in which they are suspended, we have a general solution of the position of the magnetic poles, and of the isogonic, isoclinic, and isodynamic lines.
Braud suggests that these early moments may be more labile, and hence more susceptible, avenues of change in distant healing.
Given our existing defense perimeter, both the refinery sites and mineheads continue susceptible to enemy lobber fire.
You must agree that the quality is injured, because it is no longer susceptible of further augmentation.
I am seventy-two years old, I believe myself no longer susceptible of such follies.