admit

Etymology

From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).

verb

1. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
   A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
   They were admitted into his house.
   to admit a serious thought into the mind
   to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
   to admit an attorney to practice law
   the prisoner was admitted to bail
3. (transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
   the argument or fact is admitted
   he admitted his guilt
   she admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs
   However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true. 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55
   His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs, […] 2011, Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography
   Police officers at a checkpoint in Bangkok's Huay Kwang district admitted to extorting 27,000 baht from a Taiwanese actress […] 2023-01-30, “Bangkok police admit to extorting 27,000 baht from Taiwanese actress”, in The Nation, Bangkok: The Nation Multimedia
4. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
   the words do not admit such a construction.
   Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
   There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. 1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward
5. (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
   circumstances do not admit of this
   the text does not admit of this interpretation
6. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
   "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm." December 16, 2011, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian