Sub*miss" (?), a. [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.]
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