2. To put or place under.

The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel

he cut.

Chapman.

3. 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.

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.

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.

Sub*mit", v. i. 1. To yield one's person to the power of another; to

give up resistance; to surrender.

The revolted provinces presently submitted.

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