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Meaning of 'subscribe' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Subscribe [ v. i.]
- To sign one's name to a letter or other document.
- To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.
- To become surely; -- with for.
- To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.
- To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.
- To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.
2 . Subscribe [ v. t.]
- To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.
- 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.
- To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
- To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.
- To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
- To declare over one's signature; to publish.

Meaning of 'subscribe' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . subscribe [ v]
Meaning (1):
- pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals
Example in sentence:
  • I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station
Meaning (2):
- adopt as a belief
Example in sentence:
  • I subscribe to your view on abortion
Meaning (3):
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
Example in sentence:
  • Please sign here;
  • She signed the letter and sent it off
Meaning (4):
- offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
Example in sentence:
  • The broker subscribed 500 shares
Meaning (5):
- receive or obtain regularly
Example in sentence:
  • We take the Times every day

Nearby Words:

sub sub judice sub- sub-base sub-bass subacid subacrid subacromial subact subaction

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