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An under or deputy marshal.

Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.

Lying under the middle.

Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks.

The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.

Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery.

The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.

ow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. Shak.

The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.

Submersed.

Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.

The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.

Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.

To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.] "Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes." L'EStrange.

Subordinate; subservient. [Obs.] Bacon.

To supply; to afford; to subminister. [Obs.] Harvey.

The act of subministering. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Archaic] "Soft Silence and submiss Obedience." Spenser. "Stooping and submiss." R. L. Stevenson.

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.

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. Milton.