insusceptible
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The first of these is, that yellow fever is strictly a self-limited disease, and therefore is insusceptible of jugulation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
His soul, indurated by crime, was as insusceptible to the soothing influence of such aspects, as the cold rocky cavern where he had harbored, was impenetrable to the noonday blaze.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore
We find it strong, pliable, insusceptible to either heat or cold and to all appearances will be more durable than anything we have ever used.
From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by Rankin, James
This belief is insusceptible of proof, but rests entirely upon our religious feelings and is rooted purely in our emotional life.
From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann
As Browning shows in La Saisiaz, a condition of certainty would destroy the school-time value of life; the highest truths are insusceptible of scientific demonstration.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Vocabulary lists containing insusceptible
capt, cept, ceive, List 3
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cept, capt, ceive (take, hold, seize)
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