Origin and history of admitted

Formed as a U.S. territory in 1812 (out of the whole of the Louisiana Purchase not admitted that year as the state of Louisiana...); admitted as a state 1821....In U.S. history, the Missouri Compromise (1820) in Congress admitted Missouri as a slave state, along with Maine as a free...one, but set a line westward from the main southern boundary of Missouri above which no new states would be admitted with...

The meaning "of or belonging to the canon of Scripture" is from 1560s; hence "of admitted excellence" (1550s)....

southern New Mexico; later applied to a U.S. territory organized in 1863 roughly along the lines of the modern state and admitted...

assimilated," past participle of assimilar) was used as a noun of natives of the Portuguese colonies in Africa who were admitted...

U.S. state (admitted 1792), earlier a county of Virginia (organized 1776); the name is of Iroquois or Shawnee origin, perhaps...

Admitted as a state in 1889. Related: Montanan....

Dakota Territory was organized in 1861 and divided into North and South and admitted as two states in 1889....

early 15c., "to shut (someone or something) in materially, enclose, imprison, confine," also "to have (something) as a constituent part," from Latin includere "to shut in, enclose, imprison, insert," from in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). Th

late Old English (replacing Old English fers, an early West Germanic borrowing directly from Latin), "line or section of a psalm or canticle," later "line of poetry" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French and Old French vers "line of verse; rhyme, song," from Latin versus "a line, row, l

late 12c., serven, "to render habitual obedience to, owe allegiance to," also "minister, give aid, give help," from Old French servir "to do duty toward, show devotion to; set table, serve at table; offer, provide with," from Latin servire "be a servant, be in service, be enslave