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(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

(3):

(v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.

(4):

(v. t.) 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.

(5):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Admit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/admit.html. 1828.
 
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