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1. intransitiveTo yield or give way to another.

   We submit to their superior judgment.

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   They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.

2. transitiveTo yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
3. ambitransitiveTo enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

   I submit these plans for your approval.

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   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.

   1843, Thomas Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution

   Determined to learn from Bouch's mistakes, they conducted a through ^([sic]) survey of the riverbed. Having learned what they needed to know, they submitted plans for a new double-track bridge by the end of 1880.

   2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in RAIL, page 82

   The biology department at Texas Tech University – set in deeply conservative West Texas – asked faculty candidates in 2021 to submit statements on their commitment to DEI.

   2023 February 15, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, “Another education fight over DEI emerges, this time at a conservative campus in Texas”, in CNN

   Pursuant to 11 C.F.R. § 200.1 et seq., Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton hereby submits this Petition for Rulemaking.

   2024 October 21, “Petition for the Issuance and/or Amendment of Rules Regarding Contributions from Untraceable Electronic Payment Methods”, in Fox News, page 1

   The subcommittee, which is chaired by Ohio Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a podiatrist, will hold a markup session for the report Wednesday before submitting it to the congressional record.

   2024 December 2, Katherine Dillinger, “House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic”, in CNN

4. transitiveTo subject; to put through a process.

   I was submitted to a binding pledge.

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   [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.

   1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry

5. mixedtransitivegovernmentTo win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.

   It was also the first time Goldberg has been submitted, enhancing Reigns even more than he already has been over the last two years.

   2022 February 19, Erik Beaston, “WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights”, in Bleacher Report, retrieved 22 Feb 2022

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   [Ronda] Rousey, a former U.S. Olympian in Judo, caps off a perfect year in which she submitted Liz Carmouche in the first-ever UFC female fight and coached opposite [Miesha] Tate in "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series.

   2013 December 28, Brett Okamoto, “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in ESPN, retrieved 06 Jan 2014

6. obsoletetransitiveTo let down; to lower.

   Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.

   1662, John Dryden, Poem to the Lord Chancellor Hyde

7. obsoletetransitiveTo put or place under.

   The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.

   1611, George Chapman, Homer's Iliads