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ad⋅mit

[ad-mit] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
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.

Origin:
1375–1425; < L admittere, equiv. to ad- ad- + mittere to send, let go; r. late ME amitte, with a- a- 5 (instead of ad-) < MF amettre < L, as above


ad⋅mit⋅ta⋅ble, ad⋅mit⋅ti⋅ble, adjective
ad⋅mit⋅ter, noun


1. receive. 6. own, avow. See acknowledge.
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Word Origin & History

admit 
1413, "let in," from L. admittere, from ad- "to" + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "to concede as valid or true" is first recorded 1532. Admittance is from 1589, "the action of admitting."

readmit 
1611, from re- "back, again" + admit (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ad·mit
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: ad·mit·ted; ad·mit·ting
transitive verb 1 : to concede as true or valid : make an admission of
2 : to allow to be entered or offered <admitted the document into evidence> <admit a will to probate> intransitive verb : to make acknowledgment —used with to <admits to the murder>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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