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(v)
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
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(intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
(transitive) To possess, own.
To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
(n)
Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
(adj)
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
The act of receiving.
The act by which something is received; reception.
To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
(transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
One who receives.
Having been asked to attend.
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
(transitive) To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
(transitive, law) To make (a bill) into law.
(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
To give or write a receipt (for something).
Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
(transitive) To receive.
Expressing approbation; commending
Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
To have respect for.
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
To conclude or resolve (something):
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
In harmony.
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
(intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
(transitive) To create.
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(transitive) To view as valuable.
(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
(transitive) To include (something) as a part.
(transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
British standard spelling of favor.
(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
Support; agreement; blessing (in a secular sense).
(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.
To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
(transitive) To help keep from falling.
(transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
To admit, or allow to enter, again.
(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
To perform the role of a host.
(transitive) To gather together; amass.
(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
To position or be positioned physically:
(transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
(transitive) To lift; to raise.
To change place.
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
(transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.