About The Word Submit
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What's The Definition Of Submit?
[v] accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
[v] accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [v] put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [v] submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [v] refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency" [v] put on an application, apply for a job, in a competition, etc.; "We put in a grant to the NSF" [v] yield to the control of another [v] hand over formally [v] Law: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [v] refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" Synonyms | Synonyms for Submit: accede | bow | defer | give in | pass on | present | put forward | put in | reconcile | relegate | render | resign | state | take | undergo Related Terms | Find terms related to Submit: See Also | abide | accept | advise | apply | bear | bring in | brook | buckle under | endure | gift | give | give | give up | knuckle under | pass on | propose | put up | refer | relegate | return | stand | stomach | subject | submit | submit | succumb | suffer | suggest | support | surrender | test | tolerate | yield Submit In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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