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Definitions for Admit:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. --Hume. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
187 Moby Thesaurus words for "admit": 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

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