单词 | admitted |
释义 | admittedadj. 1. Accepted into an office or position; instituted as a member of a profession or organization; (Law) qualified by admission to the roll of solicitors kept by the Law Society in a particular country. ΚΠ a1544 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1324/1 To inhibite a preacher of the king admitted, is it not to disobey ye king? 1768 Monthly Rev. Aug. 140 Many in this city practise physic, whom we deem quite improper to be adopted fellows or candidates, either because they are not Britons, not admitted doctors, are not sufficiently learned [etc.]. 1822 Trial J. T. Buckingham (Boston) 53 The allegations made, are against an admitted preacher of a very large, and respectable class of Christians. 1854 Morning Post 4 Feb. 3 If the applicant has been an admitted clerk to a member for four years, the securities required are two of 250l. each for two years. 1881 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 7/7 (advt.) Wanted..an admitted solicitor as Managing Clerk. 1906 A. Bennett Whom God hath Joined i. 6 He was an ‘admitted’ clerk in a solicitor's office. That is to say, he had acquired the right to practise for himself as a solicitor, but he did not practise for himself. 1930 I. Paterson Road of Gods 185 She read it in his face, almost at sight, when he came home from making his first sacrifice as an admitted priest. 1961 Times 9 Feb. 2/6 Wanted, Admitted or Unadmitted man..experienced in conveyancing and trust accounts. 1998 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 27 Mar. 25 There are no restrictions on what an admitted lawyer can or cannot do within the confines of ‘legal work’. 2. Accepted or recognized as true or valid; acknowledged as such by general assent or by admission of the speaker or writer. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adjective] > received or admitted received1440 admitted1601 conceded1646 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xl. sig. Cc2 An admitted common wealthes man must turne all his affections to aduaunce the state. 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. lii. 394 From the horror of the admitted error, she willingly correcteth the offence of her own digestion. 1787 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 142/2 Lest it should be considered as an admitted truth that the present Treaty would increase the consumption of foreign wines and brandies in this kingdom. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iii. §3 65 But this is an admitted departure from correctness of language. 1851 H. Spencer Social Statics i. iii. §1 We may therefore safely consider it as an admitted truth. 1903 R. L. Patterson in H. Cox Brit. Industries under Free Trade 61 Owing to the admitted superiority of the Irish bleach, a considerable quantity of linen is sent from Belgium, France, and Germany to be bleached here. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 July ix. 6/1 Mr. Deutsch is an admitted commitment-phobe. 3. Allowed or enabled to enter; received or accepted into a place, organization, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > let in admitted1661 intromitted1706 unexcluded1814 1661 J. Dryden Coronation Charles II 110 Beyond your court flows in the admitted tide. 1684 W. Russell Physical Treat. i. 30 No disease of any denomination having Existence in the Body..till the first Digestion submitteth to it, as an admitted Guest. 1754 J. Kirkpatrick Anal. Inoculation 24 It is not equally supposable, that the Effluvia from Pustules..should communicate the same plenary Effect with the admitted, or injected Virus which produced them. 1797 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 6 Science 367 Half the admitted air will be at length pumped out at every stroke let the quantity admitted be what it will. 1815 T. Moore Paradise & Peri 334 Upon whose bank admitted souls Their first sweet draught of glory take. 1843 Times 9 Nov. 7/2 The respectable of all classes and of all shades of politics and religion have been freely admitted guests of his table. 1909 Cold Storage & Ice Trade Jrnl. Nov. 33/2 Nearly 100 B. T. U. become liberated from each pound of the admitted fluid. 1994 Black Enterprise Feb. 112/2 The average age of admitted students is 28. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1544 |
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