susceptible

[Fr., from Lat. susceptibilis =ready to undertake, from susceptus, pa. par. of suscipio to undertake: sus (for sub )=under, and capio to take.] 1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon by any affection or influence. "These are the seminaries in which the clergy, who are to go out and instruct mankind, are formed, in the su eptible periods of their lives." - Knox : Liberal Education, § 46. 2. Capable of emotional impre ion; readily impre ed; impre ible, sensitive.