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.
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to give or pay in fulfillment of such a pledge.
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to append one's signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents.
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to attest by or as by signing.
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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)
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to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay money as a contribution, gift, or investment.
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to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a pledge.
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to obtain a subscription to a magazine, newspaper, etc.
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to give one's consent; sanction: I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.
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to sign one's name to a document.
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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]
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.
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.
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.]
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.
offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; "The broker subscribed 500 shares"
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mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here" [syn: sign]
3.
adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
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pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station" [syn: pledge]
5.
receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"
subscribemessaging 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)
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.
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.
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