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.
Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden.
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.