To yield or give way to another.
They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
I submit these plans for your approval.
From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend.
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