submit

verb

(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

(intransitive) To yield or give way to another.

(transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.

(transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.

(transitive) To subject; to put through a process.

(transitive, obsolete) To let down; to lower.

(transitive, obsolete) To put or place under.

Roots

subsub- · Latin · under, below mitto-mit · Latin · send

Synonyms for submit

accedev resignv acceptv takev acquiescev complyv presentadj enterv proposev nominatev

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Where does submit come from?

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