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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Susceptible

/səs-ĕp'-təb-əl/ · Sus·cep·ti·ble · IPA /[səˈsɛptɪbl̩]/
01 a. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of…
  1. 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. 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.