[sus.cep.ti.ble] adj [LL susceptibilis, fr. L susceptus, pp. of suscipere to take up, admit, fr. sub-, sus- up + capere to take--more at sub-, heave] (1605) 1: capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation "a theory ~ to proof"
2: open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency
3: impressionable, responsive syn see liable -- sus.cep.ti.ble.ness n -- sus.cep.ti.bly adv