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]

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