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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.

Admissible. Sir T. Browne.

The act of admitting.

The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.

Received as true or valid; acknowledged. -- Ad*mit"ted*ly adv.

One who admits.

To admit again; to give entrance or access to again. Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to readmit the suppliant. Milton.

Allowance to enter again; a second admission.

Inadmissible. [R.]

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

In a accepted manner; admittedly.

A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me. Shak.

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne.

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay.

ns unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.

To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. Muirhead.

Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv.

The act or practice of admitting.

Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] Lamb.