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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBMIT', v.t. [L. submitto; sub, under, and mitto, to send.]
1. To let down; to cause to sink or lower.
Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
[This use of the word is nearly or wholly obsolete.]
2. To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another; with the reciprocal pronoun.
Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hand. Genesis 16.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands. Ephesians 5.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man. 1 Peter 2.
3. To refer; to leave or commit to the discretion of judgment of another; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court.
SUBMIT', v.i. To surrender; to yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance. The enemy submitted.
The revolted provinces presently submitted.
1. To yield one's opinion to the opinion or authority of another. On hearing the opinion of the court, the counsel submitted without further argument.
2. To be subject; to acquiesce in the authority of another.
To thy husband's will
Thine shall submit--
3. To be submissive; to yield without murmuring.
Our religion requires us--to submit to pain, disgrace and even death.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" [syn: submit, subject]
2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: submit, state, put forward, posit]
3: yield to the control of another
4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit]
5: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: relegate, pass on, submit]
6: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in]
7: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" [syn: take, submit]
8: make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF" [syn: put in, submit]
9: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn: render, submit]
10: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn: resign, reconcile, submit]

Merriam Webster's

verb (submitted; submitting) Etymology: Middle English submitten, from Latin submittere to lower, submit, from sub- + mittere to send Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to yield to governance or authority b. to subject to a condition, treatment, or operation <the metal was submitted to analysis> 2. to present or propose to another for review, consideration, or decision <submit a question to the court> <submit a bid on a contract> <submit a report>; also to deliver formally <submitted my resignation> 3. to put forward as an opinion or contention <we submit that the charge is not proved> intransitive verb 1. a. to yield oneself to the authority or will of another ; surrender b. to permit oneself to be subjected to something <had to submit to surgery> 2. to defer to or consent to abide by the opinion or authority of another Synonyms: see yield • submittal noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (submitted, submitting) 1 (usu. foll. by to) a intr. cease resistance; give way; yield (had to submit to defeat; will never submit). b refl. surrender (oneself) to the control of another etc. 2 tr. present for consideration or decision. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by to) subject (a person or thing) to an operation, process, treatment, etc. (submitted it to the flames). 4 tr. esp. Law urge or represent esp. deferentially (that, I submit, is a misrepresentation). Derivatives: submitter n. Etymology: ME f. L submittere (as SUB-, mittere miss- send)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Submit Sub*mit", v. i. 1. To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender. The revolted provinces presently submitted. --C. Middleton. 2. To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce. To thy husband's will Thine shall submit. --Milton. 3. To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death. --Rogers.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Submit Sub*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Submitting.] [L. submittere; sub under + mittere to send: cf. F. soumettre. See Missile.] 1. To let down; to lower. [Obs.] Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden. 2. To put or place under. The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. --Chapman. 3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. Ye ben submitted through your free assent. --Chaucer. The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. --Gen. xvi. 9. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. --Eph. v. 22. 4. To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object. Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. --Swift. We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(submits, submitting, submitted) 1. If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist. In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain... If I submitted to their demands, they would not press the allegations. VERB: V to n, V to n 2. If you submit a proposal, report, or request to someone, you formally send it to them so that they can consider it or decide about it. They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday... Head teachers yesterday submitted a claim for a 9 per cent pay rise. = present VERB: V n to n, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Yield, surrender, resign, subject, give up. 2. Refer, commit. II. v. n. 1. Yield, surrender, succumb. 2. Yield, surrender, succumb, give up, knock under, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns. 3. Be subject.

Moby Thesaurus

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