All 3 Uses of
admissible
in
Emma
- "If it were admissible to contradict a lady," said the gallant Mr. Elton— "I have perhaps given her a little more decision of character, have taught her to think on points which had not fallen in her way before."†
Chpt 1.5-6 *
- But the expression is hardly admissible, Mrs. Weston, is it?†
Chpt 2.5-6
- The impossibility of her quitting her father, Mr. Knightley felt as strongly as herself; but the inadmissibility of any other change, he could not agree to.†
Chpt 3.15-16
Definition:
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(admissible) worthy of entry -- especially evidence allowable in court