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Webster 1913 Edition
Admit
Ad-mit′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Admitted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Admitting
.] [OE.
amitten
, L. admittere
, admissum
; ad
+ mittere
to send: cf. F. admettre
, OF. admettre
, OF. ametre
. See Missile
.] 1.
To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take;
as, they were into his house; to
admit
a serious thought into the mind; to admit
evidence in the trial of a cause.2.
To give a right of entrance;
as, a ticket
. admits
one into a playhouse3.
To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise;
as, to
admit
an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted
to bail.4.
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess;
as, the argument or fact is
admitted
; he admitted
his guilt.5.
To be capable of; to permit;
as, the words do not
. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted. admit
such a constructionBoth Houses declared that they could
admit
of no treaty with the king. Hume.
Webster 1828 Edition
Admit
ADMIT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To suffer to enter; to grant entrance; whether into a place, or an office, or into the mind, or consideration; as to admit a student into college; to admit a serious thought into the mind.2.
To give right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a play house.3.
To allow; to receive as true; as, the argument or fact is admitted.4.
To permit, grant or allow, or to be capable of; as, the words do not admit of such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or omitted.