admit
/ədˈmɪt/ · verb
Meaning
- To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
- To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.
- To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).
- admittō(la)→
- admettre(Old French)→
- admitten(enm)→
- *mey- (change)(ine-pro)→
- admit (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, der
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