susceptive

[ suh-sep-tiv ]
/ səˈsɛp tɪv /
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adjective

receptive.
susceptible.

Origin of susceptive

1545–55; < Late Latin susceptīvus, equivalent to suscept(us) (see susceptible) + -īvus -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM susceptive

Words nearby susceptive

susanna, susanne, susceptance, susceptibility, susceptible, susceptive, susceptor, susette, sushi, susian, susiana

Words related to susceptive

apt, assailable, disposed, exposed, given, inclined, open, penetrable, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, vincible, vulnerable, beatable, verisimilar, acute, cognizant, conscious

Example sentences from the Web for susceptive

  • Furthermore, I am an inceptive candidate and a susceptive candidate, and an acceptive candidate.

    Through the Outlooking Glass |Simeon Strunsky

British Dictionary definitions for susceptive

susceptive
/ (səˈsɛptɪv) /

adjective

another word for receptive
a variant of susceptible

Derived forms of susceptive

susceptivity (ˌsʌsɛpˈtɪvɪtɪ) or susceptiveness, noun