(a) To become submissive, abase oneself; yield, surrender; -- usu. refl.; also, allow (sth.) to sink to a low state [1st quot.]; (b) to yield control of (sb. or sth. to sb. or sth.); make (sb. or sth.) subject (to sb. or sth.); -- also refl.; also, refl. surrender (to sb.); ppl. submitted, subsumed (under sth.), designated (by sth.) [quot. ?a1425(c1380)]; (c) to cede (property to the legal control of another).

(a) To offer (a book, an exposition, etc. for someone's correction); also, offer or present (sth. to sb.) for consideration [quot. ?a1425]; refl. commit oneself (to sb.) for criticism, commit oneself (to someone's correction, etc.); also, deliver oneself up (to guidance, punishment, medical treatment, etc.); with inf.: submit oneself (to sb. to be corrected); (b) chiefly law refl. to defer or submit (to a judge, lord, etc.) for a decision or judgment; submit (to the disposition of a judicial authority); also, commit oneself (to someone's grace, mercy, etc.); with inf.: commit oneself (to abide by someone's judgment or decision); (c) to submit (Scripture to the authority of reason).

(a) To restrain (sb.), cause to moderate; (b) to conquer (sb.), subdue, make subject.

Glossing L submittere and supponere.