Syn.
— Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
SUSCEPTIBLE Sus*cep"ti*ble, a. Etym: [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.
SUSCEPTION
Sus*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. susceptio: cf. F. susception. See
Susceptible.]
Defn: The act of taking; reception.
SUSCEPTIVE
Sus*cep"tive, a.
Defn: Susceptible. I. Watts.
— Sus*cep"tive*ness, n.
SUSCEPTIVITY
Sus`cep*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capacity for receiving; susceptibility. [R.] Wollaston.