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sub•scribe
[[t]səbˈskraɪb[/t]]
v. -scribed, -scrib•ing
1) to give, pay, or pledge (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment
2) to append one's signature or mark to (a document), as in approval or attestation of its contents
3) to append, as one's signature, at the bottom of a document or the like; sign
4) to agree or assent to
5) to give, pay, or pledge money as a contribution, gift, or investment
6) sbz to obtain a subscription to a publication, series of concerts, cable television service, etc
7) to give one's consent; sanction:
I will not subscribe to popular fallacies[/ex]
8) to sign one's name to a document, as to show approval
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Etymology:
1375–1425; late ME < L subscrībere=sub- sub-+scrībere to write
sub•scrib′er, n.
sub•scrib′er•ship`, n.
From formal English to slang.
2014.
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subscribe — sub‧scribe [səbˈskraɪb] verb 1. [intransitive] to pay money regularly in order to have a newspaper or magazine sent to you, or to receive a broadcasting, telephone, or Internet service: subscribe to • Which Internet Service Provider do you… … Financial and business terms
subscribe — sub·scribe /səb skrīb/ vb sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing [Latin subscribere, literally, to write beneath, from sub under + scribere to write] vt 1: to write (one s name) underneath or at the end of a document we now subscribe our names as witnesses W … Law dictionary
Subscribe.ru — Subscribe.ru … Википедия
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
subscribe to — arrange to receive something, especially a periodical, regularly by paying in advance. → subscribe subscribe to feel agreement with (an idea or proposal). → subscribe … English new terms dictionary
subscribe — ► VERB 1) (often subscribe to) arrange to receive something, especially a periodical regularly by paying in advance. 2) (subscribe to) contribute (a sum of money) to a project or cause. 3) apply to participate in. 4) (subscribe to) express… … English terms dictionary
Subscribe — Sub*scribe , v. i. 1. To sign one s name to a letter or other document. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To give consent to something written, by signing one s name; hence, to assent; to agree. [1913 Webster] So spake, so wished, much humbled Eve; but… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
subscribe to — (something) to agree with or support an opinion, belief, or theory. I subscribe to the notion of lying down when the urge to exercise strikes me … New idioms dictionary
subscribe — [v1] pay for use; contribute advocate, ante up*, buy, chip in*, come through*, consent, donate, do one’s part*, endorse, enroll, give, grant, ink*, make a deal*, offer, pitch in*, pledge, promise, put up*, register, second, set, sign, signature,… … New thesaurus
subscribe — [səb skrīb′] vt. subscribed, subscribing [ME subscriben < L subscribere: see SUB & SCRIBE] 1. to sign (one s name) at the end of a document, etc. 2. to write one s signature on (a document, etc.) as an indication of consent, approval,… … English World dictionary
subscribe to — index abide, accede (concede), advocate, agree (comply), assent, assure (insure) … Law dictionary
