Admit

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Admitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Admitting.]
	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.

Verb	1.	admit - 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 Antonyms: deny - declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
	2.	admit - allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club" Synonyms: allow in, intromit, let in Antonyms: turn down, turn away, refuse, reject - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
	3.	admit - 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 Antonyms: keep out, shut out, exclude, shut - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
	4.	admit - 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: take on, accept, take
	5.	admit - afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" Synonyms: allow
	6.	admit - give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"
	7.	admit - 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
	8.	admit - serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

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