Hypertext Webster Gateway: "admitted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Admitted \Ad*mit"ted\, a.
Received as true or valid; acknowledged.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
admitted
adj : owned up to; "his admitted doubts"; "the conceded error"; "a
confessed murderer"; "a self-confessed plagiarist"
[syn: {admitted(a)}, {conceded(a)}, {confessed(a)}, {self-confessed(a)}]
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