Also means
to submit
Usage Note
Sottomettere can mean to conquer a people or territory ('sottomettere il nemico') or, reflexively, to submit or yield ('sottomettersi alle regole'). The reflexive form sottomettersi is very common and takes the auxiliary essere in compound tenses.
Examples
"Il tiranno voleva sottomettere il popolo."
Natural Translation
The tyrant wanted to subjugate the people.

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