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  1. transitive verb To yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another.
  2. transitive verb To subject to a condition or process.
  3. transitive verb To commit (something) to the consideration or judgment of another. See Synonyms at propose.

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  • "I told Bertha I would try to submit, and I will This was the first decided advantage which Richard had gained over his great enemy; but the battle was a mere skirmish with the outposts of the potent foe. —  In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant.
  • "We'll see who's master of us two Stephen was forced to submit, and allowed himself to be dragged to the study Now!" —  The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
  • Thereupon ensued a change of personnel in Charteris's staff, the destruction of another fortress, and the persistent harrying of such members of the clan as declined to come in and submit--all of which occupied time and thought so fully that matters of sentiment were forced to take a subordinate place in the ruler's mind As for Gerrard, he was beginning to hope that Agpur was inclined to settle down under the Regents. —  The Path to Honour
  • If you will not submit, then let the battle be fought; if you will not bow down to these kind modes of discipline--kindly intentioned, however terrible in execution, then prepare to meet me. —  The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866
  • If he would first submit, then, indeed, she might weep on his shoulder or laugh on his breast, as his mood might dictate Margaret," he said, "we have very much to talk over before you can go There will be time for that between this and one. —  Miss Mackenzie
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English submitten, from Latin submittere, to set under : sub-, sub- + mittere, to cause to go.

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  1. from Middle English submitten, from Old French soubmettre, soumettre, French soumettre = Provencal sobmetre, sotzmetre = Spanish someter = Portuguese submetter = Italian sommettere, from Latin submittere, summittere, put or place under, let down, lower, reduce, put down, quell, from sub + mittere, send.
 

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