susceptive

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Three fundamental conditions make us all susceptive to suggestion: We naturally respect authority.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

Born with a fiery, active temperament, even susceptive of the diversions of society, I had soon to retire from the world, to live a solitary life.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

But the divine essence is unchangeable, and is not susceptive of another form.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

But even this cannot be: in the first place, because atmosphere is not susceptive of such accidents.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

By reason of its transparency, it is susceptive of light; hence its adaptability to Baptism as the "sacrament of Faith."

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint