Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUB-MIT', v.t. [L. submitto; sub, under, and mitto, to send; Fr. soumettre; It. sommettere; Sp. someter.]

1. To let down; to cause to sink or lower. Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. – Dryden. [This use of the word is nearly or wholly obsolete.]
2. To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another; with the reciprocal pronoun. Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hand. – Gen. xvi. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands. – Eph. v. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man. – 1 Pet. ii.
3. To refer; to leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court.