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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Submit

Sub-mĭt', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SUBMITTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUBMITTING.] [Lat. submittere, from prefix sub, under, and mittere, to send; It. sommettere, sottomettere, Sp. someter, Pg. someter, Pr. sobmettre, sotzmetre, sosmetre, Fr. soumettre.]

Sense 1. To let down; to cause to sink or lower. [Obs.]

Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. Dryden.

Sense 2. To put or place under. [Obs. and rare.]

The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. Chapman.

Sense 3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority:—with the reciprocal pronoun.

Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Gen. xvi. 9.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands. Eph. v. 22.

Sense 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.

Sub-mĭt', v. i.

verbintransitive

Sense 1. To yield one’s person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.

The revolted provinces presently submitted. Middleton.

Sense 2. To yield one’s opinion to the opinion or authority of another.

Sense 3. To be subject; to acquiesce in the authority of another.

To thy husband’s will Thine shall submit. Milton.

Sense 4. To be submissive; to yield without murmuring.

Our religion requires us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death. Rogers.