Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (v. t.) To let down; to lower. 2. (v. t.) To put or place under. 3. (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. 4. (v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object. 5. (v. i.) To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender. 6. (v. i.) To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce. 7. (v. i.) To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
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