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  1. 1. a. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. (often followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) yielding readily to or capable of Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. easily impressed emotionally Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 a. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of s. easily impressed emotionally Source: ecdict

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