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.
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.
