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sub⋅mit

  [suhb-mit] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
Use submitting in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
2. to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.
3. to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others: to submit a plan; to submit an application.
4. to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually fol. by a clause): I submit that full proof should be required.
–verb (used without object)
5. to yield oneself to the power or authority of another: to submit to a conqueror.
6. to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment: to submit to chemotherapy.
7. to defer to another's judgment, opinion, decision, etc.: I submit to your superior judgment.
Origin:
1325–75; ME submitten < L submittere to lower, reduce, yield, equiv. to sub- sub- + mittere to send

Related forms:
sub⋅mit⋅ta⋅ble, sub⋅mis⋅si⋅ble  [suhb-mis-uh-bel] , adjective
sub⋅mit⋅tal, noun
sub⋅mit⋅ter, noun
sub⋅mit⋅ting⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. comply, bow, obey, agree, resign. See yield.

Antonyms:
1. fight.
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sub·mit   (səb-mĭt')   
v.   sub·mit·ted, sub·mit·ting, sub·mits

v.   tr.
  1. To yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another.
  2. To subject to a condition or process.
  3. To commit (something) to the consideration or judgment of another. See Synonyms at propose.
  4. To offer as a proposition or contention: I submit that the terms are entirely unreasonable.
v.   intr.
  1. To give in to the authority, power, or desires of another. See Synonyms at yield.
  2. To allow oneself to be subjected to something.

[Middle English submitten, from Latin submittere, to set under : sub-, sub- + mittere, to cause to go.]
sub·mit'tal (-mĭt'l) n., sub·mit'ter n.
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