c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 49 Of þe which debates..þe parties..haue i-putte þem-selfe in submittyng and ordinaunce of the bisshop of lincoln.

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere v. p. clxxxix Hys wyllyng submyttyng of hym selfe to the correccyon of hys goostly father, commeth of great humylyte gyuen by god.

1578 R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers f. 108 By my submitting of my own will vnto thy holy will..may offer that sacrifice of obedience which is acceptable vnto thee.

1615 R. Rogers Comm. upon Bk. of Iudges lxii. 529 To leaue euill, and doe good, with a resting on Gods promise, and a submitting of ourselues to his holy will.

1689 Ess. Satyr in Fourth Coll. Poems 32 A life..Spent in base injury and low submitting.

1723 D. Waterland 2nd Vindic. Christ's Divinity 62 The submitting to This Office is a great Instance of the Son's Condescension.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iii. iv. 160 Obedience..is the submitting and yielding of the Will of one to the Will of another.

1800 A. Cullen Princ. Bankrupt Law iii. iv. 164 The submitting of differences or disputes between them and other persons to arbitration.

1851 London Jrnl. Arts, Sci., & Manuf. 38 343 The patentee claims the submitting of yarns or threads to an additional operation of twisting.

1893 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Oct. 815 There cannot be humiliation in the submitting to an authority which we recognize as rightful and legitimate.

1922 Public Wks. 22 Apr. 286/1 There is no general statute that requires the submitting of reports or plans for sewerage and water works.

1956 Billboard 3 Nov. 74/5 States must do all the planning, submitting of plans, buying of land in building the highway.

2009 H. Peter et al. 32nd America's Cup Jury & Decisions 188 El Reto's approach to its Application included..the submitting of allegedly 'new' evidence.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 208 In all grants to the submitting rebels, they required his Lordship to haue care.

1685 A. Behn Pindarick Poem on Happy Coronation 15 Factious Malice that out-acted Hell, Drove the submitting Exile to a Foreign State.

a1750 A. Hill Rom. Revenge (1753) iii. vi. 58 They endear the Chains Of a submitting World, that smiles, and suffers.

1791 S. Kyd Treat. Law of Awards 238 Accounts..passed between both the submitting parties.

1809 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio Nov. 143 Butler's iron-hearted crew Doom'd to the flames the weak submitting few.

1852 Rep. Cases 27/2 in Irish Jurist 4 The matters in difference between the arbitrators are the very differences between the submitting parties.

1930 Standards Yearbk. (U.S. Bureau Standards) vii. 200 Existing standards may be approved when it is shown by proper exhibits of the submitting body that the standard represents a true consensus of competent industrial opinion.

1971 ABA Jrnl. Apr. 314/1 The submitting candidate is considered for eligibility in a special section of the American Bar Association.

2009 J. L. Martin Social Structures iv. 118 Many of these [rituals] involve the submitting animal making itself physically lower than the other.

a1628 J. Preston Sun-beams of Gospel-light (1644) ii. 24 So much the more spirit a man hath, so much the more he will say, it is blessed, and the more hee will pray submittingly for it, quickly.

1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine I. xxxvii. 300 ‘True,’ said Georgina, submittingly.

2005 A. McDaniel How to suceed in Heaven without really Dying viii. 53 Micah stood..ready to cower down submittingly.