admittance

[ADMIT.] A. Ordinary Language: I. The act of admitting anything, physically, mentally, or morally. 1. Physically: The act of admitting a body in whole or in part material to a place. [For example see No. II. 1.] 2. Mentally: The conce ion of a position in argument. "Nor could the Pythagorean give easy admittanc thereto; for, holding that separate souls succe ively supplied other bodies, they could hardly allow the raising of souls from other worlds."- Browne : Vulgar Erroura 3. Morally : The permi ion tacitly given to an emotion to enter the mind. "Upon mine honour, all too confident To give admittance to a thought of fear." Shakesp.: King Henry IV . , Part II ., iv. L II. The state of being admitted in any of the above three senses. 1. Physically: Permi ion or facilities to enter a place. IMG:content-0181.png:[blocks in formation] (b) Of things. "As to the admittance of the weighty elastic parts of the air into the blood, through the coats of the ve els; it seems contrary to experiments upon dead bodies."Arbuthnot on Aliments. III. That which procures admi ion. * Spec ., rank or culture, carrying with it by custom or by law the privilege of being permitted to enter a particular place, as, for instance, the court of the sovereign or "society," in the limited sense of the word. "Now, Sir John, here is the heart of my purpose: You are a gentleman of excellent breeding, admirable discourse, of great admittance , authentic in your place and person."-Shakesp.: Merry Wives, il. L. B. Technically : Law : Permi ion with due formalities to enter on the po e ion of land or other property, or of office or privilege. In copyhold a urances, admittance is the last stage of the proce , and is of three kinds: Admittance (1) upon a voluntary grant from the lord, (2) on surrender by the former tenant, and (3) upon descent from an ancestor. ad-mit-těd, pa. par. & a. [ADMIT.] "Around that lucid lake, Upon whose banks admitted souls Their first sweet draught of glory take!" Moore: Lalla Rookh; Paradise and the Peri. from the admitted fact that other a ocia [Eng. admit ; -er.] One tions. "-J. S. Mill Logic, ii. 97. +ad-mit-ter, s. who admits. "Here is neither a direct exhibition of the body to this purpose in the offerer, nor a direct consecration to this end in the admitter ."-Bp. Hall: Honour of Married Clergy , p. 10.