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