Ad-mĭt', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ADMITTED; p. pr. & vb. n. ADMITTING.] [Lat. admittere, admissum, from ad and mittere, to send; Fr. & Pr. admettre.]

1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance to, whether into a place, or an office, or into the mind, or consideration; as, to admit a student into college; to admit a serious thought into the mind.
2. To give evidence of a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a play-house.
3. To receive as true; to allow; as, the argument or fact is admitted.
4. To be capable of; to allow; as, the words do not admit of such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or omitted.