Middle English Dictionary Entry
admittīble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | admittīble adj. |
| Etymology | From admitten , with suf. of ML admissibilis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of reasoning: acceptable, admissible; of an action: permissible; (b) law of persons: allowed, entitled, having the right (to defend a case in a certain manner).
Associated quotations
a
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)299 : This is my skile, if it be admittible.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3120 : A man to sle by lawe, it is lisible; That slaughtre beforn god is admittible.
b
- (1455) RParl.FA (Walbran)55 : Every persone enpleted for eny cause, in the which he is admittible to wage his lawe, that the same persone so impletid shuld wage his lawe be his attourney.