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Webster 1913 Edition
Submit
Sub-mit′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Submitted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Submitting
.] 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
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
; – often followed by a dependent proposition as the object. submit
a controversy to arbitrators; to submit
a question to the courtWhether 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′
,Verb.
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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Submit
SUBMIT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To let down; to cause to sink or lower. Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
[This use of the word is nearly or wholly obsolete.]
2.
To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another; with the reciprocal pronoun. Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hand. Gen.16.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands. Eph.5.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man. 1 Pet. 2.
3.
To refer; to leave or commit to the discretion of judgment of another; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court.SUBMIT'
,Verb.
I.
The revolted provinces presently submitted.
1.
To yield one's opinion to the opinion or authority of another. On hearing the opinion of the court, the counsel submitted without further argument.2.
To be subject; to acquiesce in the authority of another. To thy husband's will
Thine shall submit--
3.
To be submissive; to yield without murmuring. Our religion requires us--to submit to pain, disgrace and even death.
Definition 2024
submit
submit
English
Verb
submit (third-person singular simple present submits, present participle submitting, simple past and past participle submitted)
- (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
- They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
- (transitive) or (intransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
- I submit these plans for your approval.
- Macaulay
- 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.
- (transitive, mixed martial arts) To win a fight by submission.
- Okamoto, Brett (December 28, 2013), “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in (Please provide the title of the work), ESPN.com, retrieved January 6, 2014
- "[Ronda] Rousey, a former U.S. Olympian in Judo, caps off a perfect year in which she submitted Liz Carmouche in the first-ever UFC female fight and coached opposite [Miesha] Tate in "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series."
- Okamoto, Brett (December 28, 2013), “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in (Please provide the title of the work), ESPN.com, retrieved January 6, 2014
- (transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.
- Dryden
- Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
- Dryden
- (transitive, obsolete) To put or place under.
- Chapman
- The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.
- Chapman
Derived terms
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Translations
yield or give way to another
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enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.
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win a fight