2000.10.24 susceptible:
from Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary:
Main Entry: sus?cep?ti?ble
Function: 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
3 : IMPRESSIONABLE, RESPONSIVE
synonym see LIABLE
– sus?cep?ti?ble?ness noun
– sus?cep?ti?bly /-blE/ adverb
Function: 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
3 : IMPRESSIONABLE, RESPONSIVE
synonym see LIABLE
– sus?cep?ti?ble?ness noun
– sus?cep?ti?bly /-blE/ adverb
as in, something i am trying not to be, to her.
