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Admit

verb

(past & past part. admitted; pres. part. admitting)

Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of. Synonym: acknowledge. "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

Allow to enter; grant entry to. Synonyms: allow in, intromit, let in. "This pipe admits air"

Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of. Synonyms: include, let in. "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"

Admit into a group or community. Synonyms: accept, take, take on. "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

Afford possibility. Synonym: allow. "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

Give access or entrance to.

Have room for; hold without crowding. Synonyms: accommodate, hold. "The theater admits 300 people" , "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"

Serve as a means of entrance.

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... brother, Ayoob, gained a decisive victory over a British force. That disaster was retrieved six weeks later by Lord Roberts, but Ayoob remained in possession of Herat and the whole of the country west of the Helmund. It was well known that the rivalry between him and his cousin Abdurrahman did not admit of being patched up, and that it could only be settled by the sword. At the moment there was more reason to believe in the military talent of Ayoob than of the present Ameer, and it was certain that the instant we left Candahar the two opponents would engage in a struggle for its possession. The ...

— The Life of Gordon, Volume II • Demetrius Charles Boulger

... Bobbsey was very much interested in Chicago, and though Mr. Bobbsey was glad to get there to look after some matters of his lumber business, I must admit that none of the Bobbsey twins thought a great deal of ...

— The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West • Laura Lee Hope

... where relics were obtained. It is also said that painting around the eyes upon the upper and lower lids with burned cork or some dark pigment is a protection against snow-blindness; but it is doubtful if this method has been sufficiently tested to admit of its being relied upon. The symptoms of snow-blindness are inflammation of the inner coating of the lids, accompanied by intense pain and impairment of the vision, so as to disable the sufferer from the performance of his duties. A wash of diluted tincture of opium is probably the best remedy, ...

— Schwatka's Search • William H. Gilder

... the discovery of—you know what. Besides, as a matter of course, I'll bring all my influence to bear in keeping your name out of this or any other scandal. I can do much, everything indeed, for I admit that it was through me the Commissary of Police trapped you with Dundas. I will say that I blundered. I know what to do to save you, and I will do ...

— The Powers and Maxine • Charles Norris Williamson

... they may kill their children and servants in suffering them to do evil before their own faces, and do not use due correction according unto their offences. The master seeth his servant or apprentice take more of his neighbour than the king's laws, or the order of his faculty, doth admit him; or that he suffereth him to take more of his neighbour than he himself would be content to pay, if he were in like condition: thus doing, I say, such men kill willingly their children and servants, and shall go to hell for so doing; but also their fathers ...

— Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses • Hugh Latimer

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