To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
to admit a serious thought into the mind
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”).
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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