admit -
v. (
admitted,
admitting)
1 tr. a (often foll. by to be, or that + clause) acknowledge; recognize as true. b accept as valid or true.
2 intr. (foll. by to) acknowledge
responsibility for a deed, fault, etc.
3 tr. a allow (a person) entrance or access. b allow (a person) to be a member of (a
class, group, etc.) or to share in (a privilege etc.). c (of a hospital etc.)
bring in (a
person) for residential treatment.
4 tr. (of an enclosed space) have room for; accommodate.
5 intr. (foll. by of) allow as possible.
[ME f. L admittere admiss- (as AD-, mittere send)]