submit

verb (submits, submitting, submitted)

• 1 [no object] accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person:the original settlers were forced to submit to Bulgarian rule
• (submit oneself) consent to undergo a certain treatment:he submitted himself to a body search
• [with object] subject to a particular process, treatment, or condition:samples submitted to low pressure
• agree to refer a matter to a third party for decision or adjudication:the U.S. refused to submit to arbitration

• 2 [with object] present (a proposal, application, or other document) to a person or body for consideration or judgment:the panel’s report was submitted to a parliamentary committee
• [with clause] (especially in judicial contexts) suggest; argue:he submitted that such measures were justified