To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
To act as captain
To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
A chief or leader.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
The leader of a group of workers.