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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (10)

1. refer for judgment or consideration;
- Example: "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
[syn: submit, subject]

2. put before;
- Example: "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
[syn: submit, state, put forward, posit]

3. yield to the control of another;

4. hand over formally;
[syn: present, submit]

5. refer to another person for decision or judgment;
- Example: "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
[syn: relegate, pass on, submit]

6. yield to another's wish or opinion;
- Example: "The government bowed to the military pressure"
[syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in]

7. accept or undergo, often unwillingly;
- Example: "We took a pay cut"
[syn: take, submit]

8. make an application as for a job or funding;
- Example: "We put in a grant to the NSF"
[syn: put in, submit]

9. make over as a return;
- Example: "They had to render the estate"
[syn: render, submit]

10. accept as inevitable;
- Example: "He resigned himself to his fate"
[syn: resign, reconcile, submit]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] 1. To let down; to lower. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To put or place under. [1913 Webster] The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. [1913 Webster] Ye ben submitted through your free assent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. --Gen. xvi. 9. [1913 Webster] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. --Eph. v. 22. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Submit \Sub*mit"\, v. i. 1. To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender. [1913 Webster] The revolted provinces presently submitted. --C. Middleton. [1913 Webster] 2. To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce. [1913 Webster] To thy husband's will Thine shall submit. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. [1913 Webster] Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

submit v 1: refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" [syn: submit, subject] 2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: submit, state, put forward, posit] 3: yield to the control of another 4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit] 5: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: relegate, pass on, submit] 6: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in] 7: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" [syn: take, submit] 8: make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF" [syn: put in, submit] 9: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn: render, submit] 10: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn: resign, reconcile, submit]