admit Copy link Outline I. To allow to enter1. admitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with in or ad and acc.)2. rĕcĭpĭo, 33. rĕcepto, 1 (to a. often)4. accĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 35. ascisco, scīvi, scītum, 3II. To admit of, allowIII. To receive as true or valid1. do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre2. nosco, nōvi, notum, 3 • admit: I. To allow to enter: 1. admitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with in or ad and acc.): to admit an ambassador into one's bed-room, legatum in cubiculum a., Cic. Fig.: we are not a.'d (to examine) the fasti, ad fastos non admittimur, Liv.: the mention of peace must not be a.'d to our ears, pacis mentio auribus admittenda non est, Liv. 2. rĕcĭpĭo, 3: I am shut out, he is a.'d., ego excludor, ille recipitur, Ter.: to a. anyone into one's territories, aliquem finibus suis r., Caes.: to a. a person to one's house, hominem domum suam r., Cic.: to a. anyone to banquets, aliquem ad epulas r., Cic. Fig.: to a. Tarquin into the state, Tarquinium in civitatem r., Cic.: to a. a person to one's friendship, hominem in amicitiam r., Sall. 3. rĕcepto, 1 (to a. often): to a. traders, mercatores r., Liv. 4. accĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to a. water (of a ship), a. imbrem, Virg. Fig.: a.'d to the rights of citizenship, in civitatem accepti, Liv.: Cic. 5. ascisco, scīvi, scītum, 3: (fig.): they were at the same time a.'d into the state and into the senate, simul in civitatem et patres asciti sunt, Liv.: few were a.'d to a knowledge of the crime, in conscientiam facinoris pauci asciti, Tac. II. To admit of, allow: rĕcĭpĭo, 3: the affair now a.ing no further delay, re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem, Liv.: neither does virtue a. of inconstancy, nor nature of fickleness, nec inconstantiam virtus r., nec varietatem natura, Cic.: fear does not a. of pity, timor misericordiam non r., Caes. III. To receive as true or valid: 1. do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre: if you a. the first you must a. all, prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia, Cic.: v. to grant. 2. nosco, nōvi, notum, 3: that part of the apology I neither a. nor approve, illam partem excusationis nec n. nec probo, Cic.: I am afraid that no one will a. that reason, vereor ne istam causam nemo noscat, Cic.: v. to acknowledge.