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Webster 1913 Edition
Subscribe
Sub-scribe′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Subscribed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Subscribing
.] 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 bondAll 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 records4.
To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount;
as, each man
. subscribed
ten dollars5.
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. Shakespeare
Sub-scribe′
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Subscribe
SUBSCRI'BE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to something written, or to bind one's self by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond or articles of agreement.2.
To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts; and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies of records.3.
To promise to give by writing one's name; as, each man subscribed ten dollars or ten shillings.4.
To submit. [Not in use.]SUBSCRI'BE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To assent; as, I could not subscribe to his opinion.Definition 2024
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English
Verb
subscribe (third-person singular simple present subscribes, present participle subscribing, simple past and past participle subscribed)
- (ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
- Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?
- To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
- To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.
- I don’t subscribe to that theory.
- To pay money to be a member of an organization.
- (intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
- 1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography — […] under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;
- (transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
- Each man subscribed ten dollars.
- (business and finance) To agree to buy shares in a company.
- 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations — The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.
- (transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
- Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
- Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
- Milman
- All the bishops subscribed the sentence.
- (archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
- Sir Thomas More
- [They] subscribed their names under them.
- Sir Thomas More
- (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
- (obsolete, transitive) To declare over one's signature; to publish.
- Shakespeare
- I will subscribe him a coward.
- Shakespeare
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
to sign up to receive a publication
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to pay for the provision of a service
to believe or agree with an idea
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to pay money to be a member of an organization
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to contribute or promise to contribute
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to promise to give
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to sign as token of consent or attestation
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to sign at the bottom of a document
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Spanish
Verb
subscribe
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of subscribir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of subscribir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of subscribir.