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Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhb-mit
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɪt



Definition of submit

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to place (oneself) under the control of another," from Latin submittere "to yield, lower, let down, put under, reduce," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "refer to another for consideration" first recorded 1550s. Related: Submitted; submitting.
  • verb comply, endure
  • verb present, offer; argue for
Example sentences :
  • He was no longer in a mood to counsel fight, even though he disliked to submit.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You can even now return, if you will submit to be a mere sojourner in Athens.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Joe saw that there was no help for him, and that for the time he must submit.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Till then we must submit with what fortitude and cheerfulness we may.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I never was in love as it is called; and whether this be it, or not, I must submit to you.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In course of time he died, and his widow was exhorted to submit to the Will of God.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In other words, death will be abolished by race-unanimity not to submit to it.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • This Richard of Shakespeare is so far, I submit, almost incomprehensible.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • But the greatest mark of love is to submit to the will of her who is loved.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • Tell me that you submit to my arguments, and do not reproach me for using such.
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

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