Verb

(admitt)

To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.

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

To allow (one) to enter on an office 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

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.

the argument or fact is admitted

he admitted his guilt

she admitted taking drugs'' / ''she admitted to taking drugs

* 2011 , Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (ISBN 1451674767):

His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs,

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.

* Holder

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.

To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).

circumstance do not admit of this

the text does not admit of this interpretation

To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

* {{quote-news, year=2011

, date=December 16 , author=Denis Campbell , title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients' , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage="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."}}

Verb

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*:Abide you here with the asse.

(label) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

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*:Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

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*:Let the damsel abide with us a few days.

(label) To endure; to remain; to last.

*1998 , Narrator ((Sam Elliot)), The Big Lebowski (film):

*:"The Dude abides ."

(label) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

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*:Allas sayd she that euer I sawe yow / but he that suffred vpon the crosse for alle mankynde he be vnto yow good conduyte and saufte / and alle the hole felauship / Ryght soo departed Launcelot / & fond his felauship that abode his comyng / and so they mounted on their horses / and rode thorou the strete of Camelot

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*:Bonds and afflictions abide me.

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(label) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

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(label) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

*William Shakespeare, Richard II

*:To abide thy kingly doom.

(label) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.

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*:She could not abide Master Shallow.

(label) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.

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