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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To put or place under. [ 1913 Webster ] The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ] Ye ben submitted through your free assent. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Gen. xvi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. Eph. v. 22. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |