nonsubscribing
verb (used with object)
1.
to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
2.
to give or pay in fulfillment of such a pledge.
3.
to append one's signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents.
4.
to attest by or as by signing.
5.
to append, as one's signature, at the bottom of a document or the like; sign.
verb (used without object)
7.
to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay money as a contribution, gift, or investment.
8.
to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a pledge.
9.
to obtain a subscription to a magazine, newspaper, etc.
10.
to give one's consent; sanction: I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.
11.
to sign one's name to a document.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English subscriben < Latin subscrībere, equivalent to sub- sub- + scrībere to write
1375–1425; late Middle English subscriben < Latin subscrībere, equivalent to sub- sub- + scrībere to write
Related forms
sub·scrib·a·ble, adjective
sub·scrib·er·ship, noun
non·sub·scrib·ing, adjective
pre·sub·scribe, verb, pre·sub·scribed, pre·sub·scrib·ing.
re·sub·scribe, verb, re·sub·scribed, re·sub·scrib·ing.
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| —vb (foll by to) | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | to inscribe or sign (one's name, etc) at the end of a contract, will, or other document |
| 3. | to give support or approval: to subscribe to the theory of transubstantiation |
| [C15: from Latin subscrībere to write underneath, from | |
| sub'scriber | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
subscribe
1425, "to sign at the bottom of a document," from L. subscribere "write underneath, sign one's name," from sub "underneath" + scribere "write" (see script). The meaning "give one's consent" first recorded 1549; that of "contribute money to" 1640; and that of "become a regular
buyer of a publication" 1711, all originally literal.
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