Defn: Subordinate; subservient. [Obs.] Bacon.
SUBMINISTRATE
Sub*min"is*trate, v. t. Etym: [See Subminister.]
Defn: To supply; to afford; to subminister. [Obs.] Harvey.
SUBMINISTRATION
Sub*min`is*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. subministratio.]
Defn: The act of subministering. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
SUBMISS Sub*miss", a. Etym: [L. submissus, p.p. of submittere to let down, to lower. See Submit.]
1. Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Archaic] "Soft Silence and submiss Obedience." Spenser. "Stooping and submiss." R. L. Stevenson.
2. Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices. [R.]
SUBMISSION Sub*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. submissio a letting down, lowering: cf. F. soumission.]
1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance. Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means. Shak.