| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To allow admittance, as to a group: accept, receive, take in. See ACCEPT. 2. To express recognition of: acknowledge, recognize. See AFFIRM, KNOWLEDGE. 3. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of: acknowledge, avow, concede, confess, grant, own (up). Slang : fess up. Chiefly Regional : allow. See AFFIRM, KNOWLEDGE. 4. To serve as a means of entrance for: intromit, let in. See ENTER. 5. To afford an opportunity for: allow, let, permit. See ALLOW.
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