sub|scribe

sub|scribe «suhb SKRYB», verb, -scribed, -scrib|ing.

–v.t.

1. a) to promise to give or pay (a sum of money): »

He subscribed $5 to the hospital fund.

b) to give or pay (money) in fulfillment of such a promise.

2. to write (one's name) at the end of a document or the like; sign (one's name): »

The old man subscribed his mark at the end of the will.

3. a) to sign one's name to (a document, petition, or the like); show one's consent or approval by signing: »

Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.

b) to attest (as a statement or will) by signing.

4. Obsolete. to give one's consent, approval, or support to; sanction: »

Orestes…chose rather to encounter the rage of an armed multitude, than to subscribe the ruin of an innocent people (Edward Gibbon).

–v.i.

1. a) to promise to give or pay money: »

to subscribe to several charities.

b) to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a promise; contribute.

2. to promise to take and pay for a number of copies of a newspaper, magazine, or other form of publication: »

We subscribe to a few magazines. I am subscribing for some of the books of a book club.

3. to give one's consent, approval, or support; agree: »

She will not subscribe to anything unfair. I do not expect you to subscribe to my opinion.

4. to sign one's name to something, as to show agreement or approval, or as a witness: »

John Hancock wathe first man to subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.

╂[< Latin subscrībere < sub- under + scrībere write]