Part 179

<hw>Ad*mis"so*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to admission.</def>

<h1>Admit</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad*mit"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Admitted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Admitting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>amitten</ets>, L. <ets>admittere</ets>, <ets>admissum</ets>; <ets>ad + mittere</ets> to send: cf. F. <ets>admettre</ets>, OF. <ets>admettre</ets>, OF. <ets>ametre</ets>. See <er>Missile</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; <as>as, they were into his house; to <ex>admit</ex> a serious thought into the mind; to <ex>admit</ex> evidence in the trial of a cause.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give a right of entrance; <as>as, a ticket one into a playhouse</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; <as>as, to <ex>admit</ex> an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was <ex>admitted</ex> to bail.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; <as>as, the argument or fact is <ex>admitted</ex>; he <ex>admitted</ex> his guilt.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To be capable of; to permit; <as>as, the words do not <ex>admit</ex> such a construction</as>. In this sense, <i>of</i> may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.</def>

<blockquote>Both Houses declared that they could <b>admit</b> of no treaty with the king. <i>Hume.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Admittable</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad*mit"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Admissible.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Admittance</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad*mit"tance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of admitting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.</def>

<blockquote>To gain <b>admittance</b> into the house. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He desires <b>admittance</b> to the king. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To give <b>admittance</b> to a thought of fear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Concession; admission; allowance; <as>as, the <ex>admittance</ex> of an argument</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Admissibility.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Admission; access; entrance; initiation.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Admittance</er>, <er>Admission</er>. These words are, to some extent, in a state of transition and change. <i>Admittance</i> is now chiefly confined to its primary sense of access into some locality or building. Thus we see on the doors of factories, shops, etc. "No <i>admittance</i>." Its secondary or moral sense, as "<i>admittance</i> to the church," is almost entirely laid aside. <i>Admission</i> has taken to itself the secondary or figurative senses; <as>as, <ex>admission</ex> to the rights of citizenship; <i>admission</i> to the church; the <i>admissions</i> made by one of the parties in a dispute</as>. And even when used in its primary sense, it is not identical with <i>admittance</i>. Thus, we speak of <i>admission</i> into a country, territory, and other larger localities, etc., where <i>admittance</i> could not be used. So, when we speak of <i>admission</i> to a concert or other public assembly, the meaning is not perhaps exactly that of <i>admittance</i>, viz., access within the walls of the building, but rather a reception into the audience, or access to the performances. But the lines of distinction on this subject are one definitely drawn.</usage>

<h1>Admittatur</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad`mit*ta"tur</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., let him be admitted.]</ety> <def>The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.</def>

<h1>Admitted, a. <def>Received as true or valid; acknowledged.</def> -- <def2>Admittedly</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad*mit"ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Received as true or valid; acknowledged.</def> -- <def2><hw>Ad*mit"ted*ly</hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <def> Confessedly.</def></def2>