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    [Adjective]  | "sus*cep*ti*ble" | \ sə-ˈsep-tə-bəl \


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

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

    3: impressionable, responsive


    Origin: 1605 ;

     Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere to take up, admit, from sub-, sus- up + capere to take {mat|sub-|}, {mat|heave:1|};

    [Adjective]  | "susceptible" 


    1: being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm;


      * e.g., " ... some people are more susceptible to depression during the winter because of reduced exposure to sunlight "





    2: lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack;


      * e.g., " ... completely susceptible and totally defenseless against the imploring eyes of the puppy in the pet store "





    3: readily taken advantage of;


      * e.g., " ... having recently lost his job, he was more susceptible to the illusory promises of get-rich-quick schemes "



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     [ "susceptible" ]

    1: To be susceptible to something is the likelihood of being influenced or affected by it.

      * e.g.,  ... We refuse to be susceptible to the propaganda on television. We all know how the government is controlling our thoughts with the subliminal messages strategically placed into ads. The average person is susceptible but we are not. He has great hearing, but is susceptible to believing the voices in his head. That guy doesn't give a shit what people think of him, but is susceptible to their judgement especially if they don't keep it to themselves. 

     [ "susceptible to" ]

    1: Prone to

      * e.g.,  ... He is susceptible to peanuts. If he eats them, he will get rashes. 

     [ "Suscept" ]

    1: To fall prey to; to bow down to. To be susceptible to.

      * e.g.,  ... It took fifteen minutes for the girl to fall suscept to the dozen shots of tequila she had just consumed. 

     [ "Susceptible" ]

    1: While it can refer to being capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation, it can also mean not knowing how to spell words like susceptible.

      * e.g.,  ... His prediction that fire is hot is susceptible to evidence. Barry: How do you spell "susceptible"? 

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