submit
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (10)
- refer for judgment or consideration“The lawyers submitted the material to the court”Synonyms: subject
- put before“I submit to you that the accused is guilty”Synonyms: stateput forwardposit
- yield to the control of another
- hand over formallySynonyms: present
- refer to another person for decision or judgment“She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues”Synonyms: relegatepass on
- yield to another's wish or opinion“The government bowed to the military pressure”Synonyms: bowdeferaccedegive in
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly“We took a pay cut”Synonyms: take
- make an application as for a job or funding“We put in a grant to the NSF”Synonyms: put in
- make over as a return“They had to render the estate”Synonyms: render
- accept as inevitable“He resigned himself to his fate”Synonyms: resignreconcile
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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]