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The Meaning of submit

  • (v. t.) To let down; to lower.
  • (v. t.) To put or place under.
  • (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
  • (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.
  • (v. i.) To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
  • (v. i.) To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
  • (v. i.) To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.

Synonyms

defer , bow , state , relegate , accede , subjugate , subject , put in , put forward , posit , resign , pass on , present , take , reconcile , give in , render , express , fix , tell , stir , call down , conjure , arouse , bring up , conjure up , assert , deposit , raise , nominate , call forth , put up , invoke , evoke , situate , postulate , say , lay out , demo , exhibit , confront , show , acquaint , deliver , gift , salute , give , represent , stage , face , demonstrate , portray , award , pose , introduce , demote , circulate , classify , banish , impart , kick downstairs , progress , reach , communicate , advance , break , go on , pass , move on , pass along , bar , pass around , put across , distribute , turn over , leave , bump , march on , hand , put over , set back , buckle under , crouch , remit , acquiesce , prorogue , assent , knuckle under , put off , bend , table , yield , postpone , shelve , enter , hold over , succumb , bow down , stoop , require , read , occupy , subscribe to , rent , withdraw , lead , ingest , take on , carry , deal , assume , have , hold , choose , study , learn , fill , necessitate , consume , drive , hire , consider , need , pick out , contract , adopt , film , remove , demand , lease , take aim , take up , train , strike , use up , select , engage , make , claim , get , get hold of , exact , take away , pack , call for , take in , bring , convey , shoot , aim , direct , charter , contain , subscribe , involve , acquire , look at , accept , guide , admit , ask , conduct , cut in , barge in , instal , insert , chime in , throw in , stick in , come in , inclose , lay in , butt in , stash away , break in , hive away , chisel in , inject , set up , salt away , install , interpose , stack away , enclose , store , interject , supply , try , return , depict , fork over , fork up , picture , hand over , translate , turn in , provide , fork out , furnish , generate , interpret , conciliate , harmonize , quit , leave office , vacate , settle , free , renounce , give up , step down , release , relinquish , make up , patch up , accommodate , harmonise , bias , curve , diverge , mold , twist , deflect , incline , persuade , turn , warp , crook , deviate , influence , twine , refer

Rhymes

acquit , admit , armpit , barritt , befit , bit , boblitt , brit , britt , bullshit , burditt , chit , clampitt , cockpit , commit , counterfeit , dewitt , dewitte , douthit , douthitt , emit , fit , fitt , flit , fytte , gillett , goldschmidt , grit , hit , hitt , hypocrite , identikit , it , it-wit , kit , knit , lafitte , legit , lit , litt , mcnitt , messerschmitt , misfit , mitt , moonlit , nit , obit , omit , outfit , outwit , permit , pit , pitt , plitt , politte , presplit , pritt , quit , readmit , recommit , remit , resubmit , retrofit , savitt , schmidt , schmit , schmitt , shit , sit , skit , slit , smit , spit , split , stitt , sunlit , tidbit , tit , transmit , tritt , unfit , vitt , whit , whitt , wit , witt , witte , writ