admittable, a.
(ædˈmɪtəb(ə)l)
Also 5–7 admittible.
[f. prec. + -able. The earlier admittible follows the analogy of credible, etc., repr. L. forms in -ibilis; but admittibilis is not found, and the late L. was admissibilis. See admissible and -ble.]
Formerly = admissible, but now limited more closely to the literal sense of admit: Capable of being admitted to a place or as a fact.
| a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 3120 A man to slee by lawe it is lisible, That slaughter afore God is admyttible. c 1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 75 A dispensation is sooner admittable in affinity than in consanguinity. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 152 This appellation is not admittible in propriety of speech. Ibid. 274 A conceit..not admittable in Philosophy, much lesse in Divinity. 1726 Ayliffe Parergon 40 For as the Law then stood, a Deacon was admittable. |