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sus⋅cep⋅ti⋅ble

  [suh-sep-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
2. accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery.
3. capable of being affected emotionally; impressionable.
Origin:
1595–1605; < LL susceptibilis, equiv. to suscept(us), ptp. of suscipere to take up, support (sus- sus- + -cep-, comb form of capere to take, capture + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ibilis -ible

Related forms:
sus⋅cep⋅ti⋅ble⋅ness, noun
sus⋅cep⋅ti⋅bly, adverb
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sus·cep·ti·ble   (sə-sěp'tə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Easily influenced or affected: "She suddenly was too susceptible to her past" (Jimmy Breslin).
  2. Likely to be affected: susceptible to colds.
  3. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable.
  4. Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing: a statement susceptible of proof; a disease susceptible to treatment.

[Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere, to receive : sub-, from below; see sub- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
sus·cep'ti·ble·ness n., sus·cep'ti·bly adv.
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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.

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. -- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.
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Language Translation for : susceptible
Spanish: susceptible, enojadizo,
German: gekränkt,
Japanese: 怒りっぽい
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susceptible 
1605 (susceptive in the same sense is recorded from 1548), from L.L. susceptibilis "capable, sustainable, susceptible," from L. susceptus, pp. of suscipere "sustain, support, acknowledge," from sub "up from under" + capere "to take" (see capable).
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Main Entry: 1sus·cep·ti·ble
Pronunciation: s&-'sep-t&-b&l
Function: adjective
1 : having littleresistance to a specific infectious disease : capable of being infected
2 : predisposed to develop a noninfectious disease <susceptible to diabetes>
3 : abnormally reactive to various drugs

Main Entry: 2susceptible
Function: noun
: one that is susceptible (as to a disease) susceptibles in each region where outbreaksappeared —A. J. Bollet>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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susceptible sus·cep·ti·ble (sə-sěp'tə-bəl)
adj.

  1. Likely to be affected with a disease, infection, or condition.
  2. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable.
sus·cep'ti·bil'i·ty (sə-sěp'tə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

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