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admit

ad·mit [ əd mít ] (past and past participle ad·mit·ted, present participle ad·mit·ting, 3rd person present singular ad·mits)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb acknowledge truth: to acknowledge that something is true
You must admit it is a tempting offer.

2. transitive verb allow somebody to enter: to allow somebody or something entrance or access
"Admits one"

3. transitive and intransitive verb confess: to confess to having committed a crime or having made a mistake

4. transitive and intransitive verb offer possibility: to permit the possibility of something
Their conduct admits of only one explanation.

[14th century. < Latin admittere "let go into" < mittere "let go"]
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