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Definition of: susceptible
(sə·sep′tə·bəl) adjective
1. Yielding readily; capable of being influenced, acted on, or determined; unresistant; open; liable: usually with of or to.
2. Having delicate sensibility; sensitive; impressionable; easily affected. [<Med. L susceptibilis <L suscipere receive, undertake <sub- under + capere take]
—sus·cep′ti·ble·ness noun
—sus·cep′ti·bly adverb
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