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to readmit

to readmit

1 4.2
Allow someone to enter or join again after they were removed
  • verb
  • /ˌriːədˈmɪt/
translation icon : readmitir
  • Again, while the entire region and much of Europe repudiated subsequent sham elections, Washington instantly recognized the "victory" of Porfirio Lobo and pressured multilateral organizations to readmit Honduras.

Then and only then would a state be readmitted to the United States.

Examples

  • BSA could not constitutionally be compelled to readmit the expelled scoutmaster.

    Academic text (2016)

  • With your permission, I would like to readmit you to hospital and get Dr. Kenric to do some further tests.

    The Broken (2008)

  • How do you readmit states into the Union?

  • I just met a woman today who tried to readmit her mother.

    Blog text (28)

  • Then and only then would a state be readmitted to the United States.

    YaleCourses

  • The laxists must have been highly concerned to readmit the wealthy lapsi to communion because without them, the church would face a real crisis in its ability to care for the needs of the faithful poor.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Anyway, I saw this Captain Dumouriez, and he refused to readmit me. "But you don't have a cuff," the flic said evenly.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The masters of Paris asked the Pope whether it was proper to readmit Master G. Innocent replied that if Master G.'s amends satisfied the masters, he could be readmitted.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The university decided to readmit him after he improved his grades.

  • If you complete the requirements, they will readmit you to the program next semester.

Synonyms

to reinitiate
vsto readmit
7.5

To admit someone back into a group with a ceremony

allows reentry without needing a formal ceremony

Antonyms

to exclude
338 3.0

To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something

How Integrated

to readmit
1 4.2
to include
∞ 1.0
to add
∞ 1.0
to insert
208 3.5

Surface Forms

readmit infinitive
readmitted past
readmitted past participle
readmitting present participle
readmits third person singular

Morphology

readmit = admit (transparent) = re + admit

The meaning is directly predictable as 'admit again' from the common verb 'admit' plus the prefix 're-'.

Etymology

The word readmit is made of the parts re- meaning 'again' and admit meaning 'to let in', so to readmit someone is to 'let them in again'.