— admittable, admittible , adj. — admitter , n.
/ad mit"/ , v. , admitted, admitting .
v.t.
1. to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
2. to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
3. to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege: admitted to the bar.
4. to permit; allow.
5. to allow or concede as valid: to admit the force of an argument.
6. to acknowledge; confess: He admitted his guilt.
7. to grant in argument; concede: The fact is admitted.
8. to have capacity for: This passage admits two abreast.
v.i.
9. to permit entrance; give access: This door admits to the garden.
10. to grant opportunity or permission (usually fol. by of ): The contract admits of no other interpretation.
[ 1375-1425; admittere, equiv. to ad- AD- + mittere to send, let go; r. late ME amitte, with a- A- 5 (instead of ad- ) amettre ]
Syn. 1. receive. 6. own, avow. See acknowledge .