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submit(dictionary)
submit(dictionary)

submit (iou)



submit verb. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[Latin submittere, formed as SUB- + mittere send, put.]
I.
verb refl. & intrans. Place oneself under a certain control or authority; become subject or surrender oneself to another. Freq. foll. by to, under, unto. LME.
M. Esslin He silently submits to the killer's raised knife. A. Stevens Under no circumstances will he submit to an alien rule he cannot understand.
b. Cease resistance; yield, surrender; be submissive. LME.
W. S. Churchill To weaken the enemy and make him submit.
verb refl. & intrans. Surrender oneself to judgement, criticism, etc.; consent to undergo a certain treatment or abide by a certain condition, limitation, etc. Formerly also, consent or condescend to do. LME.
Isaiah Berlin We should..submit with due humility to unavoidable necessity.
verb refl. Subject or expose oneself to danger etc. L15-E17.
II.
verb trans. Place under a certain control or authority; make subject or subordinate; cause to yield. Usu. foll. by to. Now rare. LME.
verb trans. Subject to a certain condition, treatment, operation, or process. Usu. foll. by to. LME.
O. W. Holmes Though I am not..an editor, I know something of the trials to which they are submitted. P. P. Read The charge..that we are afraid to submit the tenets of our faith to..scrutiny.
verb trans. Refer or present to another for judgement, consideration, or approval. M16.
A. C. Amor He twice submitted drawings, only to be met with..rejection.
b. verb intrans. & trans. Scots Law. Refer (a disputed matter) to arbitration. L18.
verb trans. Esp. in Law. Put forward as a contention or proposition; urge or represent, esp. deferentially. E19.
P. Hill I submit we cannot chance a divided enquiry.
III.
verb trans. Let or lay down; lower, sink; spec. place (one's neck) under the yoke or the axe. Chiefly literary. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
submittable adjective (chiefly US) = SUBMISSIBLE M20.
submittal noun (US) a submitted report etc., a submission L19.
submitter noun a person who submits; Scots Law a person who makes a submission: E17.