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   sub·scribe

   /səbˈskrīb/

   verb

   • 1. arrange to receive something regularly, typically a publication, by paying in advance: "subscribe to the magazine for twelve months and receive a free T-shirt" Similar pay a subscriptionbuy regularlytaketake regularlyreadread regularlycontract to buybe a member ofsupport
   • ▪ arrange for access to an electronic mailing list or online service: "some 40,000 users have subscribed to the service at $ 2.99 per month"
   • ▪ contribute or undertake to contribute a certain sum of money to a particular fund, project, or charitable cause, typically on a regular basis: British "he is one of the millions who subscribe to the NSPCC" Similar donatemake a donationmake a subscriptiongivegive moneymake a contributionpaypledgecontribute towardsponsorfinancebacksubsidizeunderwriteinformal:chip intopitch intokick in
   • ▪ apply to participate in: "the course has been fully subscribed"
   • ▪ apply for or undertake to pay for an offering of shares of stock: "yesterday's offering was fully subscribed"
   • ▪ (of a bookseller) agree before publication to take (a certain number of copies of a book): "most of the first print run of 15,000 copies has been subscribed"
   • 2. express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal): "we prefer to subscribe to an alternative explanation" Similar agree withbe in agreement withaccede toconsent toacceptbelieve inendorsebacksupportadvocatechampion
   • 3. sign (a will, contract, or other document): formal "he subscribed the will as a witness" Similar signwriteinscribeinitialautographcountersignwitnessput one's mark onaddappendset one's hand toarchaic:underwritestyleside-signrare:chirographate
   • ▪ sign (one's name) on a legal document: "he was ordered to subscribe his name" Similar signwriteinscribeinitialautographcountersignwitnessput one's mark onaddappendset one's hand toarchaic:underwritestyleside-signrare:chirographate
   • ▪ sign oneself as: archaic "he ventured still to subscribe himself her most obedient servant"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.

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