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admitted, ppl. a.|ædˈmɪtɪd|
[f. admit + -ed.]
1. Allowed to enter; taken in.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. v. ii. 140 'Tis exactly valewed, Not petty things admitted. 1661Dryden Coron. Chas. II, 110 Beyond your court flows in the admitted tide. 1815Moore Parad. & Peri 334 Upon whose bank admitted souls Their first sweet draught of glory take.
2. a. Received into an office or relation, instituted.
a1555Latimer in Foxe A. & M. III. 398 To inhibit a Preacher of the Kings admitted, is it not to disobey the King? 1881Daily Tel. 25 Oct. (Advt.) Wanted..an admitted solicitor as Managing Clerk.
b. admitted clerk, a clerk qualified by admission to the roll of solicitors kept by the Law Society.
1906A. Bennett Whom God hath joined i. 6 He was an ‘admitted’ clerk in a solicitor's office. That is to say, he had acquired the right to practise for himself as a solicitor, but he did not practise for himself. 1961Times 9 Feb. 2/6 Wanted, Admitted or Unadmitted man..experienced in conveyancing and trust accounts.
3. Received as true or valid; received, accepted, acknowledged.
1846Mill Logic i. iii. §3 (1868) 54 But this is an admitted departure from correctness of language. 1851H. Spencer Soc. Stat. i. iii. §1 We may therefore safely consider it as an admitted truth. |