admit

ad•mit

[[t]ædˈmɪt[/t]] v. -mit•ted, -mit•ting

1) to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:

to admit a student to college[/ex]

2) to give the right or means of entrance to:

This ticket admits two people[/ex]

3) to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege:

to admit someone to the bar[/ex]

4) to permit; allow

5) to allow or concede as valid:

to admit the force of an argument[/ex]

6) to acknowledge; confess:

He admitted his guilt[/ex]

7) to have capacity for:

The passage admits two abreast[/ex]

8) to permit entrance; give access:

This door admits to the garden[/ex]

9) to grant opportunity or permission; allow:

to admit of no other interpretation[/ex]

10) to confess or make acknowledgment:

to admit to a crime[/ex]

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Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME amitten < MF amettre < L admittere=ad- ad-+mittere to send, let go ad•mit•tee æd mɪtˈi, ædˈmɪt i n. ad•mit′ter, n. syn: See acknowledge