Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subscribe"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

subscribe
v 1: off to buy, as of stocks and shares: "The broker subscribed
500 shares"
2: 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"
[syn: {support}]
4: receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times
every day" [syn: {subscribe to}, {take}]


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