Meaning of ADMISSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ad'misiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characterized by or allowing admission; "an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes" |
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| | Synonyms: | | receptive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ad*mis"sive\, a.
Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] --Lamb.
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| | Related Terms: | | admissible, admissory, allowing, confessional, consenting, hospitable, imbibitory, indulgent, ingestive, intromissive, intromittent, invitatory, inviting, lax, lenient, nonprohibitive, open, open-minded, permissive, permitting, persuadable, persuasible, receivable, receptible, receptive, recipient, suffering, tolerant, tolerating, unprohibitive, welcoming |
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