submissnesst (submisnes)

ne ; humblene ; obedience. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 140. submit (sub-mit'), v.; pret. and pp. submitted, ppr. submitting. [ sotzmetre = Sp. someter = Pg. submetter = It. sommettere, IMG:content-2374.png:[blocks in formation] 2t. To let down; cause to sink; lower. Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. Dryden, To Lord Chancellor Clarendon, 1. 139. 3. To yield; surrender to the power, will, or authority of another; subject: often used reflexively. Yf ouzt be mys in word, sillable, or dede, I submitte me to correccioun withoute ony debate. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 33. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. She sets her forward countenance And leaps into the future chance, Submitting all things to desire. Eph. v. 22. Tennyson , In Memoriam, exiv. 4. To refer to the discretion or judgment of another; refer: as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court. I submit for your especial consideration whether our Indian system shall not be remodelled. Lincoln , in Raymond, p. 316. 5. To propose; declare as one's opinion. What opyn confe ion of felon ye hadde ever juges so accord aunt in cruelte that eyther erroure of mannes ne submittede Chaucer, Boëthius, i. prose 4. wit or elles condicioun of fortune some of hem? II. in trans. 1. To yield one's self, physically or morally, to any power or authority; give up resistance; surrender. Courage never to submit or yield. The Mahometans Milton , P. L., i. 108. with one consent submitted to the tribute imposed upon them. Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 116. 2. To be subject; acquiesce in the authority of another; yield without opposition. IMG:content-2375.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To maintain; declare: usually in formally respectful expre ion of a decided opinion: as, "That, I submit, sir, is not the case." [Colloq.] =Syn. 1 and 2. To succumb, comply, bow.