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admit verb (admitted, admitting) 1 tr & intr to agree to the truth of something, especially unwillingly. 2 (also admit to something) to agree that one is responsible for (a deed or action, especially an offence or wrongdoing). 3 to allow someone to enter. 4 (also admit someone to something) to allow them to take part in it; to accept them as a member or patient of it. 5 formal to have the capacity for something • a room admitting forty people.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin admittere.
admit of something formal to allow it as possible or valid. |
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