readmit

See also: reädmit, réadmit, and réadmît

English

Alternative forms

• re-admit
• reädmit (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English admit

English readmit

From re- + admit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːədˈmɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Verb

readmit (third-person singular simple present readmits, present participle readmitting, simple past and past participle readmitted)

1. To admit, or allow to enter, again.
   • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 466, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish):

     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.

Derived terms

• readmission
• readmittance
• readmittee

Translations

to admit again

• Catalan: readmetre (ca)
• French: réadmettre (fr)
• Galician: readmitir
• Italian: riammettere
• Portuguese: readmitir
• Spanish: readmitir (es)

Anagrams

• maitre d', maître d', midrate, mirated