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[suh b-skrahyb]
verb (used with object), sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing.
  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.
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verb (used without object), sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing.
  1. to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay money as a contribution, gift, or investment.
  2. to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a pledge.
  3. to obtain or have a subscription to a publication, concert series, service, etc.: She subscribes to two food magazines.
  4. to give one's consent; sanction: I will not subscribe to popular fallacies.
  5. to sign one's name to a document.
  6. to give approval to the contents of a document by signing one's name.
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Origin of subscribe

1375–1425; late Middle English subscriben < Latin subscrībere, equivalent to sub- sub- + scrībere to write
Related formssub·scrib·a·ble, adjectivesub·scrib·er·ship, nounnon·sub·scrib·ing, adjectivepre·sub·scribe, verb, pre·sub·scribed, pre·sub·scrib·ing.re·sub·scribe, verb, re·sub·scribed, re·sub·scrib·ing.un·sub·scribed, adjectiveun·sub·scrib·ing, adjective
Can be confusedascribe proscribe subscribe
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Related Words

underwriteadvocatebuygivepledgeofferconsentsupportgrantenrollsignsecondsetpromiseendorsedonateregisterinksanctionassent

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subscribe

verb
  1. (usually foll by to) to pay or promise to pay (a sum of money) as a contribution (to a fund or charity, for a magazine, etc), esp at regular intervals
  2. to inscribe or sign (one's name, etc) at the end of a contract, will, or other document
  3. (intr foll by to) to give support or approvalto subscribe to the theory of transubstantiation
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Derived Formssubscriber, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Latin subscrībere to write underneath, from sub- + scrībere to write
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for subscribing

subscribe

v.

early 15c., "to sign at the bottom of a document," from Latin subscribere "write underneath, sign one's name," from sub "underneath" (see sub-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)). The meaning "give one's consent" first recorded 1540s; that of "contribute money to" 1630s; and that of "become a regular buyer of a publication" 1711, all originally literal. Related: Subscribed; subscribing.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper