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SUBMIT

take, submit

(verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly; “We took a pay cut”

resign, reconcile, submit

(verb) accept as inevitable; “He resigned himself to his fate”

submit, state, put forward, posit

(verb) put before; “I submit to you that the accused is guilty”

submit, bow, defer, accede, give in

(verb) yield to another’s wish or opinion; “The government bowed to the military pressure”

submit

(verb) refer for judgment or consideration; “The lawyers submitted the material to the court”

submit

(verb) yield to the control of another

present, submit

(verb) hand over formally

render, submit

(verb) make over as a return; “They had to render the estate”

relegate, pass on, submit

(verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment; “She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

submitted

simple past tense and past participle of submit

Source: Wiktionary


SUBMIT

Sub*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Submitting.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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