submission 
submission (sub-mish'on), H. [ < OF. xubmis- 
Hi,,,,, xoiiliniixxiiHi, *.,,, .). F. KwtniixHimi = 
Sp. sinnisioii = IV'. .v//*, = It.mmmitgt0lte, 
<L..v///i.((-)..s-wiw.s-/ri(//-),alcttiii<,'(lown, 
lowering sinking < tiibiiiittrri' iiniiuii/ti're pp 
MtfcNiMM, nm<i^u, put under, let -lown, low- 
e,,n,l,,ce: see */,/. I 1. The act ,,l submit- 
ting, in any sense of that word; especially, the 
S^of yielding; entire surrender to the control 
or government of another. 
MrtMfe., Dauphin ! 'tis a mere French word ; 
We Knglish warriors wot not what it means. 
Shaic.. i Hen. vi., iv. 7. M. 
Tis known we are up, and marching. No frmi*um. 
No promise of base peace, can cure our maladies. 
V ' 4 ' 
2. The state of being submissive; humility; 
yielding of opinion ; acquiescence. 
I n all jnifiinuinon and humility 
York doth present himself unto your highness. 
f>ha*., i Hen. VI., v. 1. Sa. 
3. Compliance with the commands or laws of 
a superior; obedience. 
This Passage was a little pleasing to the King, to think 
that he had a Judge of such Courage, and a Son of such 
Submission. Baker, chronicles, p. 163. 
God will relent, and quit thee all his debt; 
ut * 5ii 
T- 8 , ' , 
4. In law, an agreement to submit a disputed 
nnitit tn r>iitrntmii duViTviiaafnn f\f *Ha /iavw 
of Parliament of lf>34 known as the Act of Submission, 
not to promulgate new canons without the royal assent. 
= Syn, t C<mij*an, etc. See obedunce. . 
submissive (sub-mis'iv), a. [< submtss + -tre.} 
1. Inclined or ready to submit; yielding to 
power or authority; obedient; humble. 
... His heart relented 
Towards her, his life so late, and sole delicht, 
NOW at hiH f.-et M/^/I,., i , di-iti vss 
0025 
Morris submitted that congress hould apply to the 
"lates for the power of lucubrating a bank 
G t- lo moderate; restrain; s< 
What opyn confession of felonye hadde ever juges &> 
, P. L., x. 942. 
2. Testifying or showing submission: of things. 
lie bring him on submissive knees. 
Brome, Antipodes, iii. 2. 
He, In delight 
Both of her beauty and submissive charms, 
Smiled with superiour love. Hilton, . L., iv. 408. 
The sever'd Bars 
Submissive clink again their brazen Portals. 
Prior, Second Hymn of Callimachns. 
= Syn. 1. Compliant, yielding, obsequious, subservient, 
tractable, docile; resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, 
patient, long-suffering. 
submissively (sub-mis'iv-li), adr. In a submis- 
sive manner: with submission; with acknow- 
ledgment of inferiority ; humbly. 
submissiveness (sub-mis'iv-nes), . The state 
or quality of being submissive, in any sense of 
the word. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xi. 
submisslyt (sub-mis'li), adi: Humbly; with 
submission. Ecclus. xxix. 5. 
SUbmissnesst (sub-mis 'nes), n. Submissive- 
ness; humbleness; obedience. Burton, Anat. 
of Mel., p. 140. 
submit (sub-mif), p.; pret. and pp. submitted, 
ppr. submitting. K ME. submitten, < OF. souli- 
mettre, soumettrc, F. soumcttre = Pr. sobmetrc. 
sotzmetre = Sp. someter = Pg. submetter = It. 
sommetterc, < L. submittere, sitmmittere, put or 
place under, let down, lower, reduce, put down, 
quell, < sub + mittere, send.] I. trans. If. To 
put or place under or down. 
Of the ntaflM rinwnr se out; 
Which straight into the hoary sea Talthybius cast, to feed 
The sea-born nation. Chaptnan, Iliad, xix. 25S. 
2t To let down; cause to sink; lower. 
Sometimes the hill submits itself a while 
Dryden, To Lord chancellor Clarendon, 1. 1:. 
nnwer will or 
o?ten r u:e l d U VJ 
on'y debate. 
liabees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 33. 
wi.o ,k,,v ,, mlr e.i,, ,,,,t vm,r nn hi,hanrt 
Wives, mbmtt yourselves unto your own husbands. 
She sets her forward countenance P 
And leaps into the future chance, 
Submitting all things to desire. 
Tennyson, in Memoriam, cxiv. 
4. To refer to the discretion or judgment of 
another; refer: as, to submit a controversy to 
arbitrators ; to submit a question to the court, 
I submit for your especial consideration whether our 
Indian system shull not be remodelled. 
Wncrfn, in Raymond, p. 316. 
5. To propose; declare as one's opinion. 
eo fhm? 
vinM nn' wlf ,,hvic.illv 
uv w V, u ,1, - \v riv< i 
P 
Courage never to r6m,< or>kd. 
tto&SftSSSSXt upon SI" C n 
TrucTsource of the Nile, II. lid. 
2 To be subiecf acouiesce in the authority 
suboctave 
der, + Gr. vfKp6f, a dead body, + fJOptfn/, form.] 
A division of nouropterous inseets (in a broad 
sens.-), including those which have quieseent 
incomplete pupii-. which, however, acquire the 
power of locomotion before they assume the 
P erfect 8tate ' U C -' 8 !'" 1 " 1 * ''"" | >' wi |!> *.'" 
'"odern restricted order AM,, ,.>,, , : .tutu- 
K mK " ed "om the I'H,;,,!,,,,, i/rn 
subnectt (sub-nek.'). . < [< L. nubnectere, tie 
under, bind on beneath, < *ub. under, + nectere, 
To hllgban j' g wi u 
Thine shall submit ' Milton P L. x. 19ft. 
decorous, and in It. punishment. 
rather 8(jein >j ^ ^^^ ^ a ^^^ tha ,Y to mnke tt 
choice. Burke, Rev. in JYance. 
No statesman ever enjoyed success with so exquisite a 
relish, or submitted to defeat with so genuine and unforced 
cheerfulness. Macaulay, Horace V, alpole. 
3_ To maintain ; declare : usually in formally 
respectful expression of a decided opinion : as, 
" That ' l * libmit < 8ir > is r* the , ca v!f' [ Collo( l-] 
=8^ ! a " d a - To u ? u P> b . ">P'J- ""w- , 
SUbmittal (sub-mit'al ), . [< submit + -at.] 
The act or proc e 8 s of submitting. Amer. Nat., 
-- 
PP- ", bind, %'* <* OBntc '' 
see ulsu ./,<.,.] To tie, buckle, or fasten be- 
neath. /;;>. I tict. 
SUbnenrian (sub-ner'vi-an ), . Same as sub- 
,<,,/. KIICIJC. Jirit., XtflV. 679. 
subneural (sub-nu'ral), a. Situated beneath a 
'" ui " -"' xis or nervous cord: in annelids, 
specifying that one of the longitudinal trunks 
of the pseudohemal system which runs beneath 
the ganglionic cord, as in the earthworm. - 
<,,,. /y n( ., XXIV. 185. 
subnext (sub-neks'), t. [< L. subnexus, pp. 
of subnectcre, tie under: see gubnect.'] To sub- 
j o j n . adj. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 873. 
su k nitrate ( S ub-ni'trat), n. A basic nitrate, 
capable of saturating more nitric acid, thus 
forming a normal nitrate. 
subniveal (sub-ni've-al), . Same as svbnitean. 
subnivean (sub-ni've-an), a. Situated or car- 
""don under the snbw. [Rare.] 
At a spot where the wlnming winds had left the earth 
who submits. H hitlock, Manners of the 
English, p. 1 18. 
submonisht (sub-mon'ish),r. t. [With term. as 
in ,<,,/, admonish, < L. submonere, summonere, 
KainA p ' riva tely, < sub, under, 4-'mowr e , pp. 
w(<mito> remind; advise: 8ee monish j To sug- 
gest; reprove gently; advise. Granger 
ariVkvnsini+inTil faith mn niah'nTi^ II [YMTi *Mft 
n -'' ' I* . ; 
momtio(n-), < L. swftmonere, gHmmonere, remind 
SubnobilCS (sub-nob'i-lez), n. pi. [NL., < L. 
g , lb un der, + nobilis, noble.] In oraith., in 
Sundevall's system a cohort of the order Pro- 
" 
reproot. r , , . . 
submontagne (sub-mon-tan'), n. Sameasswfc- 
T"'""l' T * e ^ a ^ Ma 7 !h "'J 1 - 889 '*^ I9 * L 
submontane (sub-mon'tan), a. bituated at or 
near the base of a mountain or mountain-range; 
belonging to the fooMlllls of a range. See/oof- 
hill. 
Foremost among the wines of Hungary is the sweet 
Tokay, grown in the submontane district around the town 
of Tokay. JSncyc. Brit., XXIV. 610. 
submucosa (sub-mu-ko'sii), n.; pi. svbmiicosie 
( . S e). [NL., < L. sub, under, + mucosus, mu- 
coug -] The layer o areo i ar tigsue underlying 
a mu cous membrane ; submucous tissue. 
su bmucous (sub-mu'kus), a. 1 . Consisting in 
part of mu0 us, as a secretion; also, of a char- 
acter between mucous membrane and ordinary 
skhl) as the red part of tne ii pg ._2. Lying be- 
neath mucous membrane. See submucosa. 
Bubmucous coat Same as mbmucosa.- Submucous 
cystitis, cystitis affecting the submucosa of the urinary 
bladder. Submucous rales, rales produced In medium- 
subnoda i ( 8ub -no'dal), a. In <., situated 
behind the nodus, a'point near the center of the 
r 
costal margin, in the wings of certain dragon- 
flieg where the nerv ure8 appear to be knotted. 
subnormal (sub-n6r'mal), a. and n I. a 1. 
Less than normal; abnormal by defect or de- 
fi e iency.-2. In math., cut off bv the normal. 
^. n. That part of the axis of abscissas of 
a curve which Ts intercepted between the nor- 
ma l and the ordinate.-Polar subnormal the line 
drawn from the origin of polar coordinates perpendicular 
to the radius vector to meet the normal. 
SUbnormality (sub-nor-mari-ti), n. [< Slilmor- 
mal + -ity.] The state or condition of being 
subnormal. Lancet, 1890, I. 105. 
subnotation (sub-no-ta'shon), n. [< L. svb- 
notatio(it-), a signing underneath, a subscrip- 
tion, < subnotare, pp. subnotatus, note or write 
underneath, subscribe, < sub, under, + notare, 
note, mark: see wofei.] Same as rescript, 1. 
subnubilar (sub-nu'bi-lar), a. [< L. sub, under. 
+ nxbila, clouds (see subnutohir), + -)-3.] Sit- 
uated under the clouds. [Rare.] 
The every-day observation of the most unlettered man 
who treads the fields and is wet with the mists and rains 
must convince him that there is no sub-nubitar solid sphere. 
Dawsim, Origin of the World, p. 63. 
(sub-nud'), a. In bot., almost naked 
imperfectly mucronate; having an imperfect 
mucro. 
art oft thus 7 
P it. thus, 7 is 
Noting a number or quantity which is 
f. x t actl y contained in another number or quan- 
tity an exact number of times : as, a aubmultt- 
pie number Submultiple ratio. See ratio. 
submundane (sub-mun'dan), a. Existing un- 
der the world 5 underground ; subterranean. 
SUbmuscular (sub-mus'ku-lar), a. Situated be- 
neath a muscle. 
SUbnarcotic (sub-nar-kot'ik), , Moderately 
subnasal (sub-na'zal), a. Situated at the bot- 
torn of or under the nose ; specifically, situated 
at the base of the anterior nasal spine Sub- 
nasal Point, in craniom., the middle of the Inferior bor- 
der ()f ^ anterlor Ilare8) or the root of the nter | ol . nagal 
*? a ***<?* , und , er ^SJt*- h 
SUbnascent (sub-nas ent), a. [< L. subnas- 
(<;('-)*, ppr. of subnasci, grow up under or out 
o f , follow after; < sub, under, + nasci, be born : 
see nascent.'] Growing underneath. 
of noxious influence to the svbnascent plants of other 
kinds. Evelyn, Sylva, L xii. i l. 
SUbnatural (sub-nat'u-ral), o. Below nature : 
infranatural ; hypophysical. 
Subnecromorphotica (sub-nek'ro-m6r-fot'i- 
kii), n.pl. [NL. (Westwood, 1840), < L. *&, un- 
x 5-lr), a. [< L. gtib, un- 
der, + It. nuvola, a cloud, < L. mibila, clouds, 
nent. pi. of nubilus, cloudy: see nubilous. Ct. 
L. svbnubilus, somewhat cloudy, < sub, under, + 
nubilus, cloudy.] Somewhat cloudy; partially 
covered or obscured by clouds. [Rare.] 
Subnumlar lights of evening. Lord Houghton. 
subobscure (sub-ob-skur' ), a. [< L. subobscurus, 
somewhat obscure, < *M&, under, + obscurus, ob- 
scure : see obscure.] Somewhat obscure. 
subobscurely (sub-pb-skur'li), adv. Somewhat 
obscurely or darkly. Donne, Devotions, p. 218. 
subobtuse (sub-ob-tus'), a. Somewhat ootuse. 
cipital bone, as a nerve. 2. Situated on the 
under surface of the occipital lobe of the brain, 
as a gyre or a fissure Suboccipital nerve, the 
first cervical nerve. Suboccipital triangle. See tri- 
angU 
SUboceanic (sub-o-she-an'ik), a. Lying beneath 
the ocean. Satiire, XL. 658. 
subocellate (sub-os'el-at), a. Indistinctly ocel- 
i ate . so mewhat resembling an ocellus ; in en- 
tom-) no ting spots on the wings of butterflies, 
etc., surrounded by a ring of another color, 
hut destitute of a central spot or pupil. Also 
called blind or epupillate spots. 
suboctave (sub'ok'tav), n. 1. An eighth part. 
Our gallont whicn haa the plnt for ,,. Mboetttce . 
Arbuthnot, Anc. Coin*. 
