Part 1016

I am constitutionally susceptible of noises.

Lamb.

-- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.

Sus*cep"tion (?), n. [L. susceptio: cf. F. susception. See Susceptible.] The act of taking; reception.

Sus*cep"tive (?), a. Susceptible. I. Watts. -- Sus*cep"tive*ness, n.

Sus`cep*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Capacity for receiving; susceptibility. [R.] Wollaston.

Sus*cep"tor (?), n. [L. See Susceptible.] One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. Puller. Shipley.

Sus*cip"i*en*cy (?), n. Admission. [R.]

Sus*cip"i*ent (?), a. [L. suscipiens, p. pr. of suscipere. See Susceptible.] Receiving; admitting. [R.]

Sus*cip"i*ent, n. One who takes or admits; one who receives. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Sus`ci*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being suscitated; excitability. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Sus"ci*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suscitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Suscitating.] [L. suscitatus, p. p. of suscitare to lift up, to rouse; pref. sus- (see Sub- ) + citare to rouse, excite. Cf. Excite, Incite.] To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. [Obs.]

Sus`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. suscitatio: cf. F. suscitation.] The act of raising or exciting. [R.]

A mere suscitation or production of a thing.

South.

Sus"lik (?), n. [Russ. súslik'.] (Zoöl.) A ground squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches. [Written also souslik.]

Sus*pect" (?), a. [L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect suspected, suspicious. See Spy, and cf. Suspicion.] 1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.]

Suspect his face, suspect his word also.

Chaucer.

2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]

What I can do or offer is suspect.

Milton.

Sus*pect", n. [LL. suspectus. See Suspect, a.] 1. Suspicion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.

Fairfax.

2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime. Bacon.

Sus*pect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspecting.] 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.

Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more.