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subˈmissness arch. [f. as prec. + -ness.] Submissiveness, submission.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. xv, With all submissenes [I] prostrate my self to your censure and service. 1649Milton Eikon. xi. 104 Whether it were his envy, not to be over-bounteous, or that the submissness of our asking stirr'd up in him a certain pleasure of denying. 1664Butler Hud. ii. iii. 493 Whachum advanc'd with all submissness, T'accost 'em, but much more, their bus'ness. |