To submit to something means to undergo or accept it. You must submit to a search if the police have a warrant.
To let down; to lower.
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accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
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accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
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put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
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submit or yield to another''s wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
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refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"
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make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF"
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yield to the control of another
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hand over formally
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make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"
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refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
v. t.
To let down; to lower.
v. t.
To put or place under.
v. t.
To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or
authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To yield one's person to the power of another; to give
up resistance; to surrender.
v. i.
To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of
another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
v. i.
To be submissive or resigned; to yield without
murmuring.
Submit
Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.2.
The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.3.
Ye ben submitted through your free assent.
The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands.4.
Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house.
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.
Submit
The revolted provinces presently submitted.2.
To thy husband's will Thine shall submit.3.
Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death.
To let down; to lower.
To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
Usage Examples
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary.
Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them.
I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.
The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.
I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.
The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.
They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.
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