To allow to enter; receive; permit; concede.
To give scope, warrant, or permission; with of.
To give entrance; often with to.
If we admit him to the room, we are bound to have a scene. – First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt
They may not admit me. – The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
I saw the door open and admit him. – Shirley by Charlotte Brontë