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suscipient

suscipient adjective: receiving; admitting.

Adjective

suscipient (comparative more suscipient, superlative most suscipient)

  1. (obsolete) Receiving; admitting.

Noun

suscipient (plural suscipients)

  1. (obsolete) One who takes or admits; one who receives.
    • suscipient business
    • suscipient function

Forms of suscipient

Adjective
comparativemore suscipient
superlativemost suscipient
Noun
pluralsuscipients

Origin of suscipient

From Latin suscipiens.

Questions about suscipient

What does suscipient mean?
Suscipient means receiving; admitting.
What part of speech is suscipient?
Suscipient can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near suscipient in the dictionary

  1. susceptometric
  2. susceptometry
  3. susceptor
  4. susceptors
  5. suscepts
  6. suscipient
  7. suscipients
  8. suscitability
  9. suscitate
  10. suscitated
  11. suscitates

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