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sub⋅scribe

[suh

b-skrahyb]

verb, -scribed, -scrib⋅ing.

–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.

6.	to agree or assent to.

–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.

12.	to give approval to the contents of a document by signing one's name.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME subscriben < L subscrībere, equiv. to sub- sub- + scrībere to write

Related forms:

sub⋅scrib⋅a⋅ble, adjective

sub⋅scrib⋅er⋅ship, noun

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sub·scribe (səb-skrīb')

v. sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing, sub·scribes

v. tr.

To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).
To sign (one's name) at the end of a document.
To sign one's name to in attestation, testimony, or consent: subscribe a will.
To authorize (someone) to receive or access electronic texts or services, especially over the Internet.

v. intr.

1. To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.
2. To receive or be allowed to access electronic texts or services by subscription.
To promise to pay or contribute money: subscribe to a charity.
To feel or express hearty approval: I subscribe to your opinion. See Synonyms at assent.
To sign one's name.
To affix one's signature to a document as a witness or to show consent.

[Middle English subscriben, to sign, from Latin subscrībere : sub-, sub- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
sub·scrib'er n.

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Subscribe

Sub*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Subscribing.] [L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See Scribe.]

1. To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

[They] subscribed their names under them. --Sir T. More.

2. To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.

All the bishops subscribed the sentence. --Milman.

3. To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.

4. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.

5. To sign away; to yield; to surrender. [Obs.] --Shak.

6. To declare over one's signature; to publish. [Obs.]

Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward. --Shak.

Subscribe

Sub*scribe"\, v. i. 1. To sign one's name to a letter or other document. --Shak.

2. To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.

So spake, so wished, much humbled Eve; but Fate Subscribed not. --Milton.

3. To become surely; -- with for. [R.] --Shak.

4. To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong. [Obs.]

I will subscribe, and say I wronged the duke. --Shak.

5. To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.

6. To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.

Language Translation for : subscribe

Spanish: hacer donaciones, contribuir con dinero,

German: Geldbetrag beisteuern,

Japanese: 寄付する

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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.

subscribe

To use rights for ordering securities sold as a new issue.

Main Entry: sub·scribe
Pronunciation: s&b-'skrIb
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: sub·scribed; sub·scrib·ing
Etymology: Latin subscribere, literally, to write beneath, from sub- under + scribere to write
transitive verb 1 : to write (one's name) underneath or at the end of a document subscribe our names as witnesses —W. M. McGovern, Junior et al.>
2 a : to sign (as a document) with one's own hand in token of consent, obligation, or attestation subscribe the will in the presence of the testator —West Virginia Code> b : to pledge (a gift or contribution) by writing one's name with the amount c : to sell (stock) by subscription subscribed> intransitive verb 1 : to sign one's name to a document; also : to give consent or approval by signing one's name
2 : to agree to purchase and pay for securities esp. of a new offering subscribe to a share of stock —D. Q. Posin> —sub·scrib·er noun

subscribe messaging
To request to receive messages posted to a mailing list or newsgroup. In contrast to the mundane use of the word this is often free of charge.
(1997-03-27)

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