Subscribe

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subscribe \Sub*scribe"\, v. i.
     1. To sign one's name to a letter or other document. --Shak.
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     2. To give consent to something written, by signing one's
        name; hence, to assent; to agree.


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              So spake, so wished, much humbled Eve; but Fate
              Subscribed not.                       --Milton.
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     3. To become surely; -- with for. [R.] --Shak.
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     4. To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the
        wrong. [Obs.]
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              I will subscribe, and say I wronged the duke.
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a
        certain sum.
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     6. To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              [They] subscribed their names under them. --Sir T.
                                                    More.
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     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.
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              All the bishops subscribed the sentence. --Milman.
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     3. To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers
        subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks
        subscribe copies or records.
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     4. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount;
        as, each man subscribed ten dollars.
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     5. To sign away; to yield; to surrender. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     6. To declare over one's signature; to publish. [Obs.]
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              Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will
              subscribe him a coward.               --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subscribe
       v 1: offer 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: pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or
          service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a
          month to my favorite radio station" [syn: {pledge}]
       5: receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times
          every day" [syn: {subscribe to}, {take}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "subscribe":
     abet, accede, accept, acquiesce, advocate, agree, agree to,
     agree with, aid and abet, allow, approve, approve of, assent to,
     autograph, back up, be a member, be inscribed, belong, brook,
     carry a card, chip in, come through, comfort, condone, consent,
     consent to, contribute, contribute to, countenance, donate to,
     embolden, encourage, endorse, favor, gift, gift with, give to,
     go for, hearten, hold membership, ink, keep in countenance,
     kick in, permit, pitch in, pledge, promise, sanction, shine upon,
     sign up for, signature, smile upon, subscribe to, support,
     sweeten the kitty, tolerate, underwrite, yes
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  subscribe
       
           To request to receive messages posted to a
          {mailing list} or {newsgroup}.  In contrast to the mundane use
          of the word this is often free of charge.
       
          (1997-03-27)