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SUBSCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin subscribo; sub and scribo, to write.]
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 intransitive To promise to give a certain sum by setting one's name to a paper. The paper was offered and many subscribed.
1. To assent; as, I could not subscribe to his opinion.