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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Admit \Ad*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Admitting}.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad +
mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre.
See {Missile}.]
1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a
place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to
take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious
thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a
cause.
2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into
a playhouse.
3. To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a
privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as,
to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was
admitted to bail.
4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an
allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or
confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted
his guilt.
5. To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit
such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after
the verb, or may be omitted.
Both Houses declared that they could admit of no
treaty with the king. --Hume.
Admitted \Ad*mit"ted\, a.
Received as true or valid; acknowledged.
資料來源 : WordNet®
admit
v 1: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or
truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged
that she might have forgotten" [syn: {acknowledge}]
[ant: {deny}]
2: allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members
into our club" [syn: {allow in}, {let in}, {intromit}]
[ant: {reject}]
3: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to
exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
"admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to
the New Jersey Bar" [syn: {let in}, {include}] [ant: {exclude}]
4: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to
admit a new member" [syn: {accept}, {take}, {take on}]
5: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution";
"This short story allows of several different
interpretations" [syn: {allow}]
6: give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the
yard"
7: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can
accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people";
"The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: {accommodate},
{hold}]
8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one
adult to the show"
[also: {admitting}, {admitted}]
admitted
See {admit}