01 v. t. To let down; to lower.
imp. & p. p.
Submitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Submitting
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To let down; to lower.[Obs.]“Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.” — Dryden.
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To put or place under.“The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.” — Chapman.
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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.
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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.