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admitv. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin admittere. Etymology: < classical Latin admittere to allow to enter, receive, to let in, to grant access, to accept, to listen to, to permit, allow, sanction, to endure, tolerate, to be compatible with, to incur, to commit, perpetrate, to let go, release, in post-classical Latin also to acknowledge (as true) (from 11th cent. in British sources) < ad- ad- prefix + mittere to send, let go (see mission n.). Compare Anglo-Norman admetter, admittre, amitter, Anglo-Norman and Middle French amettre, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French admettre to allow to enter (late 12th cent. in Old French), to accept (into ecclesiastical office) (1376 or earlier), to permit to present a case (1421 or earlier), to acknowledge (mid 15th cent. or earlier) < classical Latin admittere. I. With a voluntary agent as subject. 1. the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > accept, receive, or admit [verb (transitive)] > a person c1410 tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 171 Þey wolde nouȝt admitte William for duke [?a1475 anon. tr. admitte William to theire lorde; L. admittere Willelmum in ducem]. 1455 in A. Clark (1914) 78 (MED) I charge..that thei, in namyng, presentyng, examyning, and admittyng the said ij prestis, put aparte all maner of affectuouse percialite. c1485 (?a1400) Child Bristow l. 57 in C. Horstmann (1881) 2nd Ser. 316/1 Any science that is trouthe Y shal amytte me ther-to. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. cxxviii. f. lxv Woldist thou not admit suche one for thy Freende? a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara (1546) sig. L.vj They amytted hym a citezen and dweller in Rome. 1604 in D. G. Barron (1892) 4 The members sworne and admettit. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor i. §2. 38 We are admitted to pardon of our sins if we repent. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet (1724) I. 67 The triers of all those who were to be admitted to benefices. 1768 W. Blackstone III. 203 If the tenant..does not within a limited time apply to the court to be admitted a defendant. 1809 T. E. Tomlins at Copyhold If the lord refuses to admit he shall be compelled in Chancery..But that Court will not grant a mandamus to admit a copyholder by descent. 1876 E. A. Freeman (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 127 With what readiness they were admitted to the royal kiss. 1878 R. B. Smith 49 Begging that we would admit his prisoners to ransom. 1906 Jan. 59/2 He has from time to time admitted to his intimacy outside counsellors. 1963 Nov. 3/2 My plan proposed that..both states be admitted to membership in the United Nations. 2004 P. P. Ferguson ii. 76 Carême's genius..lay in the way he capitalized on and magnified trends well in evidence. For this we admit him as a modern. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in > a person into a house, room, or vessel R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle 119 (MED) Qwhen it [sc. the soul] begyns a clene hart to haue..þen sikirly it is to he þingis admytte. c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 272 (MED) He mai not be admyttid into so greet nyȝnes. a1456 ( J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 698 (MED) To his presence..þat he wol hem admytte. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 47 (MED) Thy beloued is of suche nature, þat he wol admitte no straunger, but he allone wol haue þin herte. 1579 tr. Eunapius f. 39v He admitted him to his table [L. ad mensam adhiberetur] among his Nobillitie . 1667 J. Milton xi. 596 The heart Of Adam, soon enclin'd to admit delight. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Swift 21 Yet some of either Sex..She condescended to admit. 1755 S. Johnson Pref. Obsolete words are admitted, when they are found in authours not obsolete. 1850 Ld. Tennyson xxxii. 51 No other thought her mind admits. 1860 J. Tyndall i. §25. 184 I had opened the little window of the cabin to admit some air. 1924 R. H. Mottram i. 31 Madeleine could see her door softly opened, to admit the interpreter, who had drawn off his boots and tiptoed in. 1949 B. Russell 17 The Orphic communities..admitted slaves on equal terms. 1991 J. Oster Pref. p. xiii Provided we are the ‘right kind’ of readers, the sort to be admitted into Frost's community. society > society and the community > [verb (transitive)] > admit to membership of a society 1543 T. Chaloner tr. G. Cousin sig. Cv The bushoppe..axed howe he durste be so bolde to demaunde wages, beinge neuer admitted of howsholde? 1596 J. Harington sig. Oviv Though he be no Knight, he had a Knight to his father, & hath a Knight to his sonne, you may well admit him of your Iurie. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in 32 Mirth, admit me of thy crue. 1713 3 Sept. 1/1 Jack..was sent up to London, to be admitted of the Temple. 1788 157 Who afterwards admitted him of his Privy-Council. 1810 J. Lempriere I. at Dudley, Edmund He became so respectable for his knowledge of law..that Henry VII. admitted him of the privy council. 1913 28 363 The drinks are obliged to recognize the swaggering upstart's [sc. tobacco's] popularity..and to admit him of their fellowship. 1675 G. Harvey ii. 13 The corrosion was continuated with that rapid violence, in the Lips of a certain Scorbutick Dutchman, who for cure was admitted into the Hospital at Leyden. 1753 B. Franklin Pennsylvania Hosp. Rep. 24 Nov. in (1962) V. 116 William Hellen..being afflicted with corrosive Ulcers in his Arm was admitted as a private Patient. 1827 22 Sept. 781/1 He was at length accompanied by another physician, who designed to admit the patients into the Fever Hospital then just opened. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. III. 512 My first syphoned patient..was admitted into the Leeds Infirmary with benignant pyloric stenosis. 1988 31 Mar. 802/1 Physicians face a two-tiered decision in cases of acute chest pain: whether to admit the patient to the hospital, and if so, to what section of the hospital. 2010 15 July 14/8 A Malaysian politician has been admitted to hospital after gorging himself on durian. 2. the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement or recognition > acknowledge or recognize [verb (transitive)] 1415 T. Hoccleve Addr. to Sir John Oldcastle l. 360 in (1970) i. 19 The hy power þat is to him [sc. the Pope] committid..Amonges feithful folk this is admittid. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 123 (MED) Men of Assyria..whiche admitte oonly the lawe of Moyses. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 84 Seyng you graunte the pope..to be hede..you must nede admyt apellatyon therto. a1586 D. Steel Ring of Roy Robert l. 31 in W. A. Craigie (1919) I. 128 I admit the nocht as king. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 200 Let vs heare them speake, Whose title they admit, Arthurs or Iohns. View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Bacon lix. 177 Had she been as willing to have admitted of the Laws. 1732 A. Pope in J. Swift III. 57 Sir, I admit your gen'ral Rule That every Poet is a Fool. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge I. iii. iii. 69 It must appear from the incident at the public house, with what caution presumptive testimony is to be admitted. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth Introd., in 2nd Ser. I. 4 With our equals in age only, for in dignity we admit of none. 1849 T. B. Macaulay II. 208 His power to dispense with Acts of Parliament had been admitted. 1914 T. L. Stoddard xxi. 253 The commanders of these negro bands had always refused to admit his authority. 2004 19 Feb. a4 They are tantamount to admitting the legitimacy of a coup d'etat against the government. society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] 1418 in H. Nicolas (1834) II. 351 (MED) It is þoght þat, þogh þe Dauphins partie wolde entre þat tretee, it shuld not be admitted finally. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 169/1 They wold not accorde that he shold be amytted to be worshypped. c1500 (?a1437) (1939) cxxxii (MED) Gif mercy sall admitten thy servis. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) v. xiii. 72 Admyt [1553 amit] myne askyn, gif so the fatis gydis. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 41 She will admit no kinde of suite, No not the Dukes. View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Nevill Let. 3 Jan. in (1852) I. 55 Desiring thee to admitt, that the people may have the Nomination. c1750 W. Shenstone xvii. 1 Stern Monarch of the winds! admit my pray'r. 1774 Ld. Chesterfield I. xiii. 43 Luxury and ease were not admitted of at Sparta. 1817 J. Mill II. v. v. 534 Tippoo, in the mean time, had admitted no delay. 1858 C. Redding III. vii. 210 He does what his father did before him, and won't admit any new fangle practices, as he calls them. 1921 15 158 The federal Court admitted a suit before an actual conflict of cantonal sovereignties had occurred. 1992 M. N. Barnett iv. 133 Under Sadat there was a conscious attempt to admit the demands of the upper classes. the mind > mental capacity > belief > accept as true, believe [verb (transitive)] the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > accept, receive, or admit [verb (transitive)] c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 71 (MED) He admyttith, receueth, and allowith the writingis of tho Doctouris. 1533 T. More vii. p. ccxci That the scrypture is not trew, but bycause the churche sayth so and admytte yt. a1676 M. Hale (1677) ii. iv. 159 Though an Eternal Succession of Men were admitted. 1699 R. Bentley (new ed.) 62 We admit of the present Calculation. 1777 J. Priestley xvi. 216 Doubting of every thing, and then admitting nothing but what his own consciousness absolutely obliged him to admit. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 155 Admitting the virtues of the late king. 1868 July 271 A dauntless courage which never admitted the possibility of defeat. 1876 E. A. Freeman I. v. 330 The outline of the story may, I think, be admitted. 1920 May 52/1 To admit the effectiveness of the boycott is to encourage it. 1945 34 132 The true remedy in such cases is to admit the decline. 2002 M. Brundrett & P. Silcock vii. 114 They will..admit the problematic nature of trying to decide what is or is not acceptable teaching. the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > concede to or comply with 1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus sig. Bviiv I do admitte that every man maye vse t[h]e same maner, if so he please with the assent of his wife. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 72 Hyt ys to be admyttyd..that then a nother ys to be chosen. 1603 R. Knolles 197 But admit he were able to bring a hundreth thousand. 1697 J. Potter I. i. xxvi. 162 All Genuine Citizens..shall have permission of leaving their Estates to whom they will, admit they have no Male-children alive. 1713 E. Calamy (ed. 2) I. 508 He admits that the deposed Bishop was unjustly depriv'd and the New one Uncanonically promoted. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre (1799) I. 579 They are thus speckled, I admit, only on one side. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 159 The moderate Episcopalians would admit that a bishop might lawfully be assisted by a council. 1890 G. Gissing II. xvi. 173 Whilst in a confessing mood, I will admit that I had formed a different idea of Cecily. 1904 L. Steffens 288 Admit that he is uninteresting; what does that matter? 1955 D. Eden (1959) 56 You have to admit that he really has an astonishing imagination. 2004 22 Nov. 59/4 He admitted he had been playing with a sore left foot. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in 2nd Ser. II. 237 ‘It was true’, he admitted, ‘that the excellent nurture and early instruction which the poor girl had received, had not been sufficient to preserve her from guilt and error.’ 1882 June 272/2 ‘Oh, I dare say it was a dose,’ Bartley admitted. 1914 C. Mackenzie II. iv. ii. 865 ‘You're on the stage, aren't you?’ ‘I usually get into panto,’ she admitted. 1975 30 Oct. 1133/1 ‘I'm over-acting,’ he admits. 2005 J. Martyn ii. ii. 116 ‘I dare say your target is one Darby Scully down your own way by your accent,’ he chuckled. ‘Dead right,’ I admitted, confidentiality out the window. society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > confess 1830 J. Foster in J. E. Ryland (1846) II. 103 I never knew a man who had done half so much who would admit to it half so little. 1866 25 Sept. 9/6 I admit to it; I did it. The other two knew nothing about it. 1896 Mar. 234 If it's a lie, why did she admit to it—tell me that, then? 1936 ‘M. Innes’ viii. 148 I felt at the time, I think, that I would rather be hanged than admit to it. 1963 ‘J. le Carré’ x. 95 Money like that was a douceur for discomforts and dangers Control would not openly admit to. 2001 (Nexis) 20 Apr. Do I have any weaknesses? I've never admitted to any before in my life. society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit to do c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1637 (MED) Whan þat he amytted was for to seyn, His tale he tolde ful opinly and pleyn. 1442 in A. H. Thompson (1927) III. 231 Ye receyve ne admytte or suffre any parysshens of townes abowte yowe to here any dyvyne seruyce in your churche. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville (Caxton) (1859) i. viii. 6 In euery ryghtwys court skyle is that the actour is admytted to maken hys compleynt. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 128 Only such..schold be admyttyd to practyse in causys. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in (1892) 13 Admittit to resave degre. 1611 J. Speed ix. xiii. 592/1 Anne, late wife of Iohn de Hastings Earle of Pembroke..was admitted..to vse the office of Naperer. 1675 in (1811) I. 427 Noe Cooper shall bee admitted to make Caske without the Consent of the Magistrates and Officers. 1722 D. Defoe 65 The Houses and Villages, refusing to admit them to lodge. 1747 in (1851) V. 113 The Ship was admitted to come up to the City. 1840 59 No Student will be admitted to leave the College on visits of any length oftener than once a year. 1894 E. S. Shuckburgh xxxvi. 572 He succumbed to the temptation of Jugurtha's gold, and admitted him to make an open and formal surrender. 1911 XXVI. 5/2 The view that women should be admitted to hold land on certain occasions had made its way in England as early as Anglo-Saxon times. II. With an involuntary agent as subject. 4. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > allow, admit of [verb (transitive)] a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 30 Me semyth felycyte ys the most perfayt state, wych admyttyth no degre. 1593 T. Nashe 30 Empery admitteth no mateshyppe. 1609 W. Shakespeare iv. v. 9 My loue admittes no qualifiing drosse. View more context for this quotation 1699 R. Bentley (new ed.) 407 Προτρέπω in the sense of Exhortation admits a Dative Case after it. 1740 W. Stukeley ii. 9 Form'd chiefly from bare lines, admitting no picture-like decoration. 1786 R. Graves 203 What law commands such wretches to endure Those desperate evils, which admit no cure? 1803 Marquess Wellesley Let. 19 Apr. in (1877) 228 This movement admits the uninterrupted march of the combined forces. 1850 Ld. Tennyson cv. 164 The time admits not flowers or leaves To deck the banquet. View more context for this quotation 1915 J. M. Baldwin xv. 283 The æsthetic object is not relative. It admits no ‘other’; it is all-engrossing in its essential interest. 1993 9 Jan. 34/1 They keep changing, admitting no pattern whatsoever. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > admit of [verb (intransitive)] c1585 T. Cartwright in R. Browne 90 Faith can admit of no such thing, which giueth an vtter ouerthrowe and turning vpside downe of the trueth. 1639 T. Fuller iv. xix. 201 These [laws] were those of the Grand charter, which admitted of no revocation. 1670 H. Stubbe 17 If that procedure be excusable, it admits only of this Apology [etc.]. 1718 No. 65. 1 This is a Character in Life, the Sublimity of which admits not of Indifferency. 1756 G. G. Beekman Let. 21 June in (1956) I. 283 The Proffits are Light and will not admit of Long Credit. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in III. 26 Her son's conduct admitted..of no apology. 1873 F. M. Müller 284 So firmly established as hardly to admit of the possibility of a doubt. 1911 G. B. Shaw Pref. p. lxxx Another advantage of public medical work is that it admits of organization. 1964 27 Feb. 4/3 The law is the law, and can admit of no exceptions if respect for the law is to be maintained. 2006 28 Apr. 20/5 The problem is too complicated to admit of such simplistic and impossible solutions. 5. 1602 R. Carew ii. f. 121 An vneasie landing place for boats, which being fenced with a garretted wall, admitteth entrance thorow a gate. 1659 J. Evelyn tr. St. John Chrysostom 58 It admits entrance to all. 1792 21 Mar. 103 Many of these galleries..must have been so narrow as not to have admitted access to any human being. 1855 June 710/2 The central tower is supported by clustered pillars of Kilkenny marble, the tall, pointed archways between them admitting entrance from the nave to the choir and transepts. 1903 20 Apr. 212/2 The entrance is provided with hanging gates to admit access of the cars. 2007 D. Wimberley iii. 43 A rear gate admitted entrance to the pool secluded behind the four-story home. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in > specifically of an involuntary agent 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch 1000 Let them [sc. the hides and hornes of beasts] be cut, sawed, pared, and scraped, they become transparent, because aire is admitted into them. 1731 J. Arbuthnot i. 19 The juices of an Animal Body are as it were cohobated, being excreted and admitted again into the Blood with the fresh Aliment. 1768 G. White Let. 12 Mar. in (1789) 41 The owners slit up the nostrils of such asses as were hard worked: for they..did not admit air sufficient. 1851 S. P. Woodward i. 31 Sea-water is admitted to the visceral cavity of many of the mollusks..by minute canals. 1867 30 140/1 There are various contrivances employed to admit the outer air in such places. 1937 J. Marquand xviii. 133 The doors of the pavilion were thin enough to admit every sound outside. 1987 B. Leatham-Jones iii. 75 The orifices in hydraulic components that admit hydraulic fluid, and allow it to be exhausted, are termed ports. 2004 A. McCall Smith ix. 118 A top-floor flat with skylights that faced north and which admitted a clear light that suffused all his paintings. 1656 N. Hardy (i. 3) vii. 104 Faith is the key which opens the door, and admits us into the presence-chamber of the King of Glory. 1726 Ep. Ded. sig. A2 I regard Money but as a Ticket which Admits me to your Delicate Entertainments. 1839 M. Gardiner II. 7 Will you go and find a place in the parterre—the ticket admits you there. 1883 Aug. 228/1 An opening through the foundation wall admits one to the vault. 1924 M. Baring Introd. p. xvii I had passed the necessary examination at school admitting me to the University. 1998 (Nexis) 16 Mar. f12 It needs its own door that only admits authorized users. 1663 W. Lucy xxxii. 326 He is the door, in a diverse sense; as he is the door, he admit's, and shut's out. a1701 H. Maundrell Acct. Journey from Aleppo in (1721) 7 Compassed with good Walls and five Gates, which admitted into it. 1751 M. Towgood 26 A being born again of water..which admits into the visible church. 1818 Minutes of Evid. Select Comm. Copyright Acts 127 in IX Do not the tickets that admit to the reading-room, expire every six months? 1865 J. S. Le Fanu I. xix. 169 In the wall at the right, close to this entrance, is the door which admits to the green chamber. 1903 Apr. 569/2 It is asked whether the Abiturienten-Zeugnis which admits to the German universities will be accepted. 1951 10 June (Special Union Bank section) 4/1 The ornamental bronze grille and door admitting to the safe deposit department and the vaults remain intact. 1976 11 Apr. Tickets which admit to the Chelsea Flower Show. 1637 F. Rous i. ii. 8 These walls admitted no gate but one. 1661 J. Dryden 66 Not that our wishes do increase your store, Full of yourself, you can admit no more. 1747 Aug. 400/1 The sap is..so broad as to admit two men in front. 1781 J. Moore (1790) I. xli. 451 A staircase sufficiently wide to admit a man to ascend. 1841 E. A. Poe Murders in Rue Morgue in Apr. 171/1 The chimneys of all the rooms on the fourth story were too narrow to admit the passage of a human being. 1889 10 127 The lower part of the cervix..admits the whole of the first phalanx of the finger. 1958 A. Sillitoe i. ix. 134 The gap in the fence would have admitted an armoured division. 2001 J. Wurts (2003) xi. 556 The sole option they had was a frontal assault on a chasm too narrow to admit more than two men abreast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  v.c1410 |
