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admit
early 15c., "let in," from L.
admittere
"to allow to enter, let in," from
ad-
"to" +
mittere
"let go, send" (see
mission
). Sense of "to concede as valid or true" is first recorded 1530s. Related:
Admittedly
(1804).
