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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADMIT', v.t. [L. admitto, from ad and mitto, to send.]
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
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: admit, acknowledge] [ant: deny]
2: allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air" [syn: admit, allow in, let in, intromit] [ant: refuse, reject, turn away, turn down]
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: admit, let in, include] [ant: exclude, keep out, shut, shut out]
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, admit, take, take on]
5: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: admit, 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, admit]
8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

Merriam Webster's

verb (admitted; admitting) Etymology: Middle English admitten, from Latin admittere, from ad- + mittere to send Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to allow scope for ; permit <admits no possibility of misunderstanding> b. to concede as true or valid <admitted making a mistake> 2. a. to allow entry (as to a place, fellowship, or privilege) <an open window had admitted rain> <admitted to the club> b. to accept into a hospital as an inpatient <he was admitted last night for chest pains> intransitive verb 1. to give entrance or access 2. a. allow, permit <admits of two interpretations> b. to make acknowledgment — used with to Synonyms: see acknowledge

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (admitted, admitting) 1 tr. a (often foll. by to be, or that + clause) acknowledge; recognize as true. b accept as valid or true. 2 intr. (foll. by to) acknowledge responsibility for a deed, fault, etc. 3 tr. a allow (a person) entrance or access. b allow (a person) to be a member of (a class, group, etc.) or to share in (a privilege etc.). c (of a hospital etc.) bring in (a person) for residential treatment. 4 tr. (of an enclosed space) have room for; accommodate. 5 intr. (foll. by of) allow as possible. Etymology: ME f. L admittere admiss- (as AD-, mittere send)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Admit Ad*mit", v. 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 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(admits, admitting, admitted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true. I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes... Up to two thirds of 14 to 16 year olds admit to buying drink illegally... I'd be ashamed to admit feeling jealous... None of these people will admit responsibility for their actions... 'Actually, most of my tennis is at club level,' he admitted. = confess ? deny VERB: V that, V to -ing/n, V -ing, V n, V with quote 2. If someone is admitted to hospital, they are taken into hospital for treatment and kept there until they are well enough to go home. She was admitted to hospital with a soaring temperature... He was admitted yesterday for treatment of blood clots in his lungs. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n, be V-ed 3. If someone is admitted to an organization or group, they are allowed to join it. He was admitted to the Academie Culinaire de France... The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women. VERB: be V-ed to n, V n 4. To admit someone to a place means to allow them to enter it. Embassy security personnel refused to admit him or his wife... Journalists are rarely admitted to the region. VERB: V n, V n to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Receive, grant entrance to, let in, take in, open the door to, give access to. 2. Concede, accept, grant, acknowledge, own, confess, take for granted, agree to, accede to, acquiesce in. 3. Permit, allow, bear, admit of, be capable of.

Moby Thesaurus

Americanize, Anglicize, O, OK, accept, accord, acculturate, acculturize, acknowledge, acquiesce, acquire, admit everything, admit exceptions, adopt, affiliate, agree, agree provisionally, allow, allow for, assent, assent grudgingly, assimilate, assume, avow, barge in, be admitted, break in, breeze in, brook, burst in, bust in, come barging in, come breezing in, come busting in, come by, come clean, come in, come in for, complete, comprehend, comprise, concede, confer citizenship, confess, consent, consider, consider the circumstances, consider the source, contain, cop a plea, count in, cover, creep in, cross the threshold, crowd in, declare, derive, derive from, discount, dispense, disregard, divulge, drag down, draw, draw from, drop in, edge in, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enter, entertain, envisage, express general agreement, fill, fill in, fill out, gain, gain admittance, get, get in, give an entree, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the word, go along with, go in, go into, go native, grant, harbor, have, have an entree, have an in, have coming in, hold, hop in, house, immit, include, incorporate, induct, initiate, insert, install, interject, interpose, introduce, intromit, intrude, irrupt, jam in, jump in, leave, let, let in, let on, lift temporarily, lodge, look in, make allowance for, make possible, naturalize, not oppose, number among, obtain, occupy, okay, open up, out with it, own, own up, pack in, permit, plead guilty, pop in, press in, provide for, pull down, push in, put in, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, recognize, relax, relax the condition, release, reveal, say the word, secure, set aside, set foot in, shelter, slip in, spill, spill it, spit it out, squeeze in, step in, subscribe, suffer, take, take account of, take cognizance of, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take on, take over, take up, tell all, tell the truth, throw open to, thrust in, tolerate, visit, vouchsafe, waive, warrant, wedge in, work in, yield