Etymology : Middle English submitten, from Latin submittere to lower, submit, from sub- + mittere to send
Pronunciation : s&b-mit
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. give in, surrender, yield; subject oneself to a process or condition; present, propose, suggest, offer; comply, acquiesce; be subjected to a process or condition. submit\sub*mit"\, v. i.
2. to yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender. the revolted provinces presently submitted. middleton.
3. 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.
4. to be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. our religion requires from us to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death.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.].
5. to let down; to lower. [obs.] sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
6. to put or place under. the bristled throat of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.
7. to yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. ye ben submitted through your free assent. the angel of the lord said unto her, return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. xvi.
8. wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. v.
9. 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. 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.submit v.
10. refer for judgment or consideration; "she submitted a proposal to the agency".
11. put before; "i submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: state, put forward].
12. yield to the control of another.
13. hand over formally [syn: present].
14. refer to another person for decision or judgment; "she likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: relegate, pass on].
15. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "the government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: bow, defer, accede, give in].
16. accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "we took a pay cut" [syn: take, undergo].
17. put on an application, apply for a job, in a competition, etc.; "we put in a grant to the nsf" [syn: put in].
18. law: make over as a return; "they had to render the estate" [syn: render].
19. accept as inevitable; "he resigned himself to his fate" [syn: resign, reconcile].
20. To let down; to lower.
21. To put or place under.
22. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; often with the reflexive pronoun.
23. 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.
24. To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
25. To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
26. To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency" yield to the control of another.
27. 1. If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist. In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain If I submitted to their demands, they would not press the allegations.
28. If you submit a proposal, report, or request to someone, you formally send it to them so that they can consider it or decide about it. They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday Head teachers yesterday submitted a claim for a 9 per cent pay rise. = present.