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admissible, a.|ædˈmɪsɪb(ə)l|
[a. Fr. admissible, ad. late L. admissibilem, f. admiss- ppl. stem of admitt-ĕre: see admit and -ble.]
1. Worthy of being entertained as an idea or project; allowable.
1611Cotgr., Admissible [Fr.]. admittable, admissible, fit to be admitted, received, allowed of. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. vi. 126 Suppose that this Supposition were admissible. 1753Richardson Grandison (1781) V. x. 58 He used to pay his duty to me, and ask blessing the moment he came in, if admissible (Is that a word, Harriet?). 1859Mill Liberty 171 What amount of public control is admissible for the prevention of fraud by adulteration.
b. Law. Allowable as judicial proof.
1849Best Evidence (1870) 116 The parol evidence of a witness [as to the contents of a lost document] is admissible, though there is a copy of the document.
2. Capable or worthy of being admitted to an office or relation, or to the use of a place. (Differs from admittable, as admission from admittance.)
1775Ash, Admissible, worthy of being admitted. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 14 They were admissible to political and military employment. 1852McCulloch Taxation (ed. 2) ii. v. 215 The average Gazette price of muscovado sugar, admissible to the English markets. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Organ. §5, 239 Let all who choose be admissible to our lectures. |