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Definition of Insusceptible

1. Adjective. Not susceptible to.

Definition of Insusceptible

1. a. Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery.

Definition of Insusceptible

1. Adjective. Impossible or difficult to effect; not susceptible. ¹

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Definition of Insusceptible

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Insusceptible

1. Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery. Insusceptibly Origin: Pref. In- not + susceptible: cf. F. Insusceptible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insusceptible

Literary usage of Insusceptible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"У? age and neither sex is exempt, but children between the ages of eii and ;»: are most frequently affected. Some persons appear to be insusceptible to it, ..."

2. A Treatise on International Law by William Edward Hall (1895)
"... that on the other hand property not so capable of immediate or direct use or so capable of strengthening the enemy is insusceptible of appropriation. ..."

3. American Constitutional Law by John Innes Clark Hare (1889)
"... generally confined to the States, and insusceptible of being enforced or exercised by Congress.—The Fourteenth Amendment a restraint only on the States. ..."

4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"... but where the chattels are not ascertained and are insusceptible of examination, the rule is different, and implied warranties frequently arise. ..."

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