v.
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(usu. subscribe to)
arrange to receive something, especially a periodical, regularly by paying in advance.
▸contribute or undertake to contribute a sum of money to a project or cause.
▸apply to participate in.
▸apply for an issue of shares.
▸(of a bookseller) agree before publication to take (a certain number of copies of a book).
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(subscribe to)
feel agreement with (an idea or proposal).
- formal sign (a will, contract, etc.).
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(subscribe oneself)
archaic sign oneself as.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from L. subscript-, subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.