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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Admit \Ad*mit"\, verb (used with an object) [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 playhouse.
3. 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 admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. --Hume.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
admit
verb
1: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" [syn: {acknowledge}] [ant: {deny}]
2: allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club" [syn: {allow in}, {let in}, {intromit}] [ant: {reject}]
3: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" [syn: {let in}, {include}] [ant: {exclude}]
4: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: {accept}, {take}, {take on}]
5: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: {allow}]
6: give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"
7: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: {accommodate}, {hold}]
8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show" [also: {admitting}, {admitted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
admitting See {admit}
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