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susception|səˈsɛpʃən|
[ad. L. susceptio, -ōnem, n. of action f. suscept-, pa. ppl. stem of suscipĕre, f. sus- (see sub- ad init. and 25) + capĕre to take. Cf. F. susception.]
†1. The action of taking up, or taking upon oneself (in various senses): taking, assumption, reception, acceptance, undertaking.
1610Marcelline Triumphs Jas. I, 60 The susception of Christianity, and profession of the Catholique Faith. 1624Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. ii. Christ Tempted, I see the susception of our humane nature, laies thee open to this condition. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. ii. iii. xxiv, Nor is she chang'd by the susception Of any forms. 1651Jer. Taylor Holy Dying v. §3 The Jews..confessed their sins to John in the susception of baptism. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 256 Christ's susception of the sinner's guilt. a1677Barrow Serm. Phil. ii. 8 Wks. 1687 I. 486 The willing susception and the chearfull sustenance of the Cross. a1714M. Henry Treat. Baptism ii. Wks. 1853 I. 510/1 The children's right to baptism [hath] been built so much upon their susception by sponsors, that [etc.]. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 140 Before he is of a Lawful Age for the Susception of Orders. 1738E. Erskine Serm. Wks. 1871 II. 497 It comes about by his own voluntary susception and undertaking.
†2. Susceptibility of; also transf. an attribute of which something is susceptible. Obs. rare.
1656Hobbes Six Lessons Wks. 1845 VII. 239, I may as well conclude from the not susception of greater and less, that a right angle is not quantity. a1687Petty Pol. Anat. (1691) 48 By the Coelum..I understand the..Weight and Susceptions of Air, and the Impressions made upon it.
3. The action or capacity of taking something into the mind, or what is so taken; passive mental reception (distinguished from perception). rare.
1756W. Toldervy Hist. 2 Orphans IV. 189 None can exhibit nature in her most striking attitudes, but those whose susceptions are adequate to their task! 1877Conder Basis Faith iv. 164 note, ‘Susception’ would be a better term for ‘all states of consciousness which are simply presentative, not representative’ (Mansel). |