Verb

(en verb)

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms.

To overcome an abstract obstacle.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

By winning words to conquer hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.

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To gain, win, or obtain by effort.

To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

Verb

(submitt)

To yield or give way to another.

They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.

or To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

I submit these plans for your approval.

* Macaulay

We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.

(mixed martial arts) To win a fight by submission.

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"[Ronda] Rousey, a former U.S. Olympian in Judo, caps off a perfect year in which she submitted Liz Carmouche in the first-ever UFC female fight and coached opposite [Miesha] Tate in "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series."

(obsolete) To let down; to lower.

* Dryden

Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.

(obsolete) To put or place under.

* Chapman

The bristled throat / Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.