Submit word meaning and definition

[verb] accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
[verb] accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
[verb] put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
[verb] submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
[verb] refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"
[verb] put on an application, apply for a job, in a competition, etc.; "We put in a grant to the NSF"
[verb] yield to the control of another
[verb] hand over formally
[verb] Law: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"
[verb] refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

\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.
\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.

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