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to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)<in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine>— see yield 3
2
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)<refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her sonʼs hospital bed the whole night>— see yield 1
3
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces<the fortʼs commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way>— see fall 2
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