Hypertext Webster Gateway: "submit"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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