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sub⋅scribe

  [suhb-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.
Use subscribe in a Sentence
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.

  1. To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).

  2. To sign (one's name) at the end of a document.

  3. To sign one's name to in attestation, testimony, or consent: subscribe a will.

  4. 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.

  2. To promise to pay or contribute money: subscribe to a charity.

  3. To feel or express hearty approval: I subscribe to your opinion. See Synonyms at assent.

  4. To sign one's name.

  5. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

subscribe

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

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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