Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being affected.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare That may be affected.

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  • adjective Alternative form of affectable.

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Examples

  • Persons no longer affectible by human events should be denied a voice in determining the character and trend of them.

    The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878

  • What concerns our happiness and welfare, as affectible by our fellowmen, is conduct "Principles, not men," is a rogue's cry; rascality's counsel to stupidity, the noise of the duper duping on his dupe.

    The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878

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