a. [ad. L. admissīv-us, f. admiss- ppl. stem of admitt-ĕre; see ADMIT and -IVE.] Characterized by admitting; tending to admit.
1778. Hartley, Swedenborg’s Heaven & Hell (1851), Pref. 48. But this … is the sole effect of that grace which they are not admissive of.
1823. Lamb, Elia, 482. It would be a good face if it were not marked by the small-pox—a compliment which is always more admissive than excusatory.
