susceptor

English

Etymology

Latin . See susceptible.

Noun

susceptor (plural susceptors)

  1. One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
    • 1641, John Evelyn, The Diary of John Evelyn, Vol. 1, Macmillan and Co. (1906), page 5
      I had given me the name of my grandfather, my mother's father, who, together with a sister of Sir Thomas Evelyn of Long-Ditton, and Mr. Comber, a near relation of my mother, were my susceptors.
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  2. A material used for its ability to absorb electromagnetic energy and convert it to heat, used in industrial heating and cooking.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for susceptor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

susceptor m (genitive susceptōris); third declension

  1. undertaker (person who undertakes to do something), contractor
  2. receiver or collector of taxes

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative susceptor susceptōrēs
Genitive susceptōris susceptōrum
Dative susceptōrī susceptōribus
Accusative susceptōrem susceptōrēs
Ablative susceptōre susceptōribus
Vocative susceptor susceptōrēs

References
  • susceptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • susceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • susceptor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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