Verb
To let down; to lower.
To put or place under.
To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
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.
To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it. Norman Cousins
We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect. Ambrose Bierce
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. Edmund Burke
Who refuses to submit to justice, must not complain of oppression. German Proverb
Submit to the rule you have yourself laid down. Latin Proverb
Once you put on? the wedding ring you must submit to all that is necessary. Maltese Proverb