admitting (verb)

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• Admitting — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• admit — verb ADVERB ▪ freely, readily ▪ He freely admitted that he had taken bribes. ▪ frankly, honestly ▪ openly ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• admit — verb admitted, admitting (T) 1 to accept and agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right: I was really scared, Jenny admitted. | admit (that): You may not like her, but you have to admit that she s good at her job. | I… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• admit — verb (admitted; admitting) Etymology: Middle English admitten, from Latin admittere, from ad + mittere to send Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to allow scope for ; permit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disarm — verb Etymology: Middle English desarmen, literally, to divest of arms, from Anglo French desarmer, from des dis + armer to arm Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• eat crow — verb To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error. He must apologise, he saw that clearly enough, must eat crow, as he told himself …   Wiktionary

• admit — verb (admits, admitting, admitted) 1》 confess that something is true or the case.     ↘confess to or acknowledge (a crime, fault, or failure). 2》 allow to enter.     ↘receive (someone) into a hospital for treatment. 3》 accept as valid. 4》 (admit… …   English new terms dictionary

• confess — verb (I, T) 1 to admit that you have done something wrong or illegal, especially to the police: After three hours of questioning the suspect broke down and confessed. | confess to doing sth: Edwards confessed to being a spy for the KGB. | confess …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• answer — an·swer 1 n 1: the defendant s written response to the plaintiff s complaint in a civil suit in which he or she may deny any of plaintiff s allegations, offer any defenses, and make any counterclaims against the plaintiff, cross claims against… …   Law dictionary

• say — I UK [seɪ] / US verb Word forms say : present tense I/you/we/they say he/she/it says UK [sez] / US present participle saying past tense said UK [sed] / US past participle said *** Get it right: say: Unlike the verb tell, the verb say is never… …   English dictionary

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