Part 178

<hw>Ad*mired"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; <as>as, an <ex>admired</ex> poem</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Wonderful; also, admirable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Admired</i> disorder." " <i>Admired</i> Miranda."

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ad*mir"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

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<hw>Ad*mir"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Expressing admiration; <as>as, an <ex>admiring</ex> glance</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ad*mir"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ad*mis`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>admissibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; <as>as, the <ex>admissibility</ex> of evidence</as>.</def>

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<hw>Ad*mis"si*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>admissible</ets>, LL. <ets>admissibilis</ets>. See <er>Admit</er>.]</ety> <def>Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; <as>as, the supposition is hardly <ex>admissible</ex></as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ad*mis"si*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Ad*mis"si*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Ad*mis"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>admissio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>admission</ets>. See <er>Admit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or practice of admitting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.</def>

<blockquote>What numbers groan for sad <b>admission</b> there! <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something <?/serted; acknowledgment; concession.</def>

<blockquote>The too easy <b>admission</b> of doctrines. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A fact, point, or statement admitted; <as>as, <ex>admission</ex> made out of court are received in evidence</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See <er>Admittance</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Ad*mis"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><def>Implying an admission; tending to admit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Lamb.</i>

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