Admitting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into
        a playhouse.
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     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.
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     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.
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     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.
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              Both Houses declared that they could admit of no
              treaty with the king.                 --Hume.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  admit
       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: {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}