Entry Word: submit

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 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