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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.]
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Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden.
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2. To put or place under.
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The bristled throat
Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he
cut. --Chapman.
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3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or
authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
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Ye ben submitted through your free assent.
--Chaucer.
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The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy
mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. --Gen.
xvi. 9.
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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands.
--Eph. v. 22.
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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.
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Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear
a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. --Swift.
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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.
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Submit \Sub*mit"\, v. i.
1. To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up
resistance; to surrender.
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The revolted provinces presently submitted. --C.
Middleton.
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2. To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of
another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
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To thy husband's will
Thine shall submit. --Milton.
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3. To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
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Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to
pain, disgrace, and even death. --Rogers.
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