susceptible \suscep"tible\, 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 -- suscep"tibleness, n. --
      suscep"tibly, adv.
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see also:
sub- capable suscep"tibleness suscep"tibly 

susceptibleness
     n : the state of being susceptible; easily affected syn: susceptibility
         ant: unsusceptibility
see also:
susceptibility unsusceptibility