Meaning

(rare) The capability of being suscitated; excitability..

Example Sentences

Svb. This's Heathen Greek, to you? And, what's your Mercury? Fac. A very Fugitiue, he will be gone, Sir. Svb. How know you him? Fac. By his viſcoſitie, His oleoſitie, and his ſuſcitabilitie.

Neither suscitability of the still-born infant or the resuscitability of the seemingly dead adult require proof to substantiate their possibility. With life extinguished neither operation has any concern, […]

One reader writes to say that students of English “will smile at your suscitability over ‘argy-bargy,’ quite common in the piquant argot of Scotland and North England.” We apologize for our suscitability.

I particularly like the word “suscitate” in connection with teaching and directing. The most fundamental aspect of human movement, breath, is carried on the tongue of suscitate. […] The students’ job is to cultivate “suscitability”—the ability to be stirred awake—and to commit fully to their formation.

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When Should You Use Suscitability?

Use suscitability when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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