SUSCEPTIBLE


Meaning of SUSCEPTIBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈsep-tə-bəl ]

adjective

Etymology: Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere to take up, admit, from sub-, sus- up + capere to take — more at sub- , heave

Date: 1605

1. : capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation

a theory susceptible to proof

2. : open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency

susceptible to pneumonia

3. : impressionable , responsive

a susceptible mind

Synonyms: see liable

• sus·cep·ti·ble·ness noun

• sus·cep·ti·bly -blē adverb

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