(a) To allow (sb.) to enter (a place), admit (into the presence of sb.), receive or welcome (sb.); also fig.; (b) to receive (sb. in a certain office or capacity), accept (as ruler, judge, freeman of a town, priest in a chantry, etc.); also fig.; (c) to receive (sb. as a member of one's household, a guild, the corporation of a town, etc.); admit to membership; also fig.; (d) ~ to grace, to receive (sb.) into one's favor; esp., to forgive, pardon.

(a) To accept (sth.) as a gift; (b) law to accept (a protestation), admit to consideration.

(a) To agree or consent to (sth.), grant (a request), accept (an excuse), submit to (a demand, one's fate), approve or ratify (a decision, law, treaty); (b) to admit (sth.) to be true or valid; recognize (sth.) as authoritative; -- also with inf.

(a) To permit (sb. to do sth.), allow (sth. to be done); (b) law to permit (sb. to plead in court, bring suit, make an accusation, take an oath, etc.); (c) law ~ to (unto), to permit (sb.) to take possession of (sth.), give (sb.) possession of (a church, fee, crown, kingdom); (d) to grant a hearing to (a complaint).