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submittere [CL] 1 to let down, lower. b to lower (part of body, esp. in gesture of submission or sim.). ubi de quattuor ‥ animalybus tractat ‥ stabant et ~ebant alas V. Greg. p. 101; ‘patefacientes summiserunt grabattum in quo paraliticus jacebat’ [Marc. ii 4]. patefacto tecto aeger ante Jesum summittitur Bede Mark 147A; 1295 xij d. in velo galee ~endo et siccando KR Ac 5/8 m. 13; s1337 statim porte clausula summissa est Fordun Cont. XIII 41. b submissa [gl.: i. e. humili vel inclinato] cervice supplex adjurare coepit illum ut ‥ Felix Guthl. 47 p. 144; lupus ‥ feritate deposita, aures submittit (Boecius 13) VSH I 91. 2 (w. collum, typically fig.) to lower, let down, or put beneath, to submit (to burden, obligation, treatment, condition, or sim.). ad suscipiendum episcopatus officium collum ~ere conpellitur Bede HE IV 26 p. 272; colla monachatui submisit Ord. Vit. VIII 25 p. 426; gladiis projectis neci colla submisere Ib. IX 15 p. 610; ut gens hec plene subjectioni colla submiserit Gir. EH II 39. 3 to subject (to punishment). 751 hos a sacerdotali habitu privatos penitentiae summitte (Lit. Papae) Ep. Bonif. 87 p. 199; excommunicatum et a cetu fidelium remotum [et] ‥ anathemati summissum W. Malm. GR II 151. 4 to subject or make submit (to power, authority, or person wielding such); b (refl.); c (sexually). d (intr.) to submit (to). in conversatione conjugis vestri summissaeque vobis gentis Bede HE II 11 p. 106; cuncta ei ~ebatur secularis potentia W. Malm. GR III 263; cenobium ‥ decrevit construere eique totam partem patrimonii sui ‥ ~ere Ord. Vit. III 2 p. 41; ditioni ejus ‥ plurima castra submiserunt Ib. VIII 7 p. 308; episcopos, qui tribus archiepiscopis et sedibus metropolitanis summittebantur. prima sedes Londoniis erat, cui submissa est Loegria et Cornubia Flor. Hist. I 146; ipsas naves in sua dominia capiunt et ~unt Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 32 p. 81. b summisit se in manu Walterii pro defensione sui DB I 36ra; se et terras suas sub Brictrici potestate summiserunt DB I 163vb; ejus ‥ disciplinis pro amore Dei se gratanter submisit Ord. Vit. IV 18 p. 292; submiserunt se ‥ ordinacioni, disposicioni, et arbitrio domini Johannis State Tri. Ed. I 12; s1305 condempnatus fuit dominus J. Heyron miles, sed submisit se clerimonie Chr. Ed. I & II I 137; c1380 adversarius vester ‥ de satisfaccione ‥ vobis ‥ refundenda in vestrum decretum ‥ se ~et FormOx 388; in suam [sc. papae] graciam et ordinacionem me ~o Meaux I 391. c prius te perdam penitus / quam Licino te primitus / et michi post submittas P. Blois Carm. 13. 8. 48. d submisit jurisdiccioni episcopi BNB II 655; voventes quod ‥ regis Anglie ~erent dicioni Meaux II 271; 1415 si quis ordinacioni congregacionis ~ere noluerit ‥ sit exclusus MunAcOx 484. 5 to put forward, offer (for consideration or judgement). b (satisfactionem ~ere) to make amends. 1357 que per concilium ‥ regis Anglie ‥ tractata, ordinata ‥ submissa, jurata ‥ et facta fuerint Foed. VI 44. b summissa illum satisfactione deprecans Bede HE III 7 p. 141. 6 to make humble, (also p. ppl. as adj.) lowly, unassuming, humble. excelsus meritis, summissus mente Alcuin SS Ebor 271; summisso corde poposcit Wulf. Swith. I 138; non quod ipsa sit sua prole potentior, sed quod sit ‥ propinquior et summissior W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 175. 7 (w. ref. to sound) to lower (in volume or pitch), (also p. ppl. as adj.) low; b (indicative of humility or devotion). incurrit tinnitus aurium, tandem non potuit altam vocem audire sed submissam Quaest. Salern. Ba 84; ut ‥ voce submissa circumstantium aures repleret et post paululum emissa voce magna vite munus ‥ palam ostenderet Mir. Fridesw. 26; si quis altius equo cantum promiserit, cantor ~et Obed. Abingd. 370. b non alta sed submissa [AS: neoðran] voce loquendum RegulC 56; summissa poscens dominum prece Wulf. Swith. II 1089; summissa humiliter voce V. Fridesw. B 8.

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