v. (submitted, submitting)
1. (usu. foll. by to) a intr. cease resistance; give way; yield (had to submit to defeat; will never submit). b refl. surrender (oneself) to the control of another etc.
2 tr. present for consideration or decision.
3 tr. (usu. foll. by to) subject (a person or thing) to an operation, process, treatment, etc. (submitted it to the flames).
4 tr. esp. Law urge or represent esp. deferentially (that, I submit, is a misrepresentation).
Derivatives:
submitter n.
Etymology: ME f. L submittere (as SUB-, mittere miss- send)