admit

Verb

Synonyms: acknowledge allow in let in intromit include accept take take on allow accommodate hold

WordNet 3.0

Verb (8)

declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of“He admitted his errors”“She acknowledged that she might have forgotten”Synonyms: acknowledge
allow to enter; grant entry to“We cannot admit non-members into our club building”“This pipe admits air”Synonyms: allow in let in intromit
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”Synonyms: let in include
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”Synonyms: accept take take on
afford possibility“This problem admits of no solution”“This short story allows of several different interpretations”Synonyms: allow
give access or entrance to“The French doors admit onto the yard”
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”Synonyms: accommodate hold
serve as a means of entrance“This ticket will admit one adult to the show”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king.— Hume.[1913 Webster]