submitted

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submitted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Submit \Sub*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submitted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Submitting.] [L. submittere; sub under + mittere to
     send: cf. F. soumettre. See Missile.]
     1. To let down; to lower. [Obs.]
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              Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden.
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     2. To put or place under.
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              The bristled throat
              Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he
              cut.                                  --Chapman.
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     3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or
        authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
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              Ye ben submitted through your free assent.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy
              mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. --Gen.
                                                    xvi. 9.
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              Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands.
                                                    --Eph. v. 22.
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     4. 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.
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              Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear
              a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. --Swift.
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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.                --Macaulay.
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