The Only Use of
susceptible
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- captive, bound, and double-ironed," cried the phantom, "not to know, that ages of incessant labour by immortal creatures, for this earth must pass into eternity before the good of which it is susceptible is all developed.†
p. 24.8
Definition:
easily influenced or harmed
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way