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readmit en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɹiːədˈmɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English admit English readmit From re- + admit.

Meanings

  1. To admit, or allow to enter, again.
    • Secondly, this definition readmits the vague dualism that it purports to exclude. If everything 'outside' the subject is material, then either the subject itself is not material or we must extend the definition of matter to comprise subjective phenomena. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 466:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
readmitting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
re-admit alternative lexicographic
readmits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
readmitted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
readmitted Tense=Past lexicographic
reädmit alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

readmission · readmittance · readmittee

Translations (6)

fr réadmettre (to admit again) · it riammettere (to admit again) · gl readmitir (to admit again) · pt readmitir (to admit again) · ca readmetre (to admit again) · es readmitir (to admit again)