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Subscribe (verb)
To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
“Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?”
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Subscribe (verb)
To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
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Subscribe (verb)
To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.
“I don’t subscribe to that theory.”
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Subscribe (verb)
To pay money to be a member of an organization.
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Subscribe (verb)
To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
“1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography — … under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;”
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Subscribe (verb)
To promise to give, by writing one’s name with the amount.
“Each man subscribed ten dollars.”
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Subscribe (verb)
To agree to buy shares in a company.
“1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations — The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.”
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Subscribe (verb)
To sign; to mark with one’s signature as a token of consent or attestation.
“Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.”
“Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.””
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Subscribe (verb)
To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one’s name).
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Subscribe (verb)
To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
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Subscribe (verb)
To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
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Subscribe (verb)
To declare over one’s signature; to publish.
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Ascribe (verb)
To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
“One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.”
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Ascribe (verb)
To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
“It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.”
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Ascribe (verb)
To believe in or agree with; subscribe.
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Subscribe (verb)
arrange to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance
“subscribe to the magazine for twelve months and receive a free limited-edition T-shirt”
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Subscribe (verb)
arrange for access to an electronic mailing list or online service
“some 40,000 users have subscribed to the service”
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Subscribe (verb)
contribute or undertake to contribute a certain sum of money to a fund, project, or cause, typically on a regular basis
“he subscribed £400 to the campaign”
“he is one of the millions who subscribe to the NSPCC”
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Subscribe (verb)
apply to participate in
“the course has been fully subscribed”
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Subscribe (verb)
apply for or undertake to pay for an issue of shares
“the issue was fully subscribed”
“they subscribed to the July rights issue at 300p a share”
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Subscribe (verb)
(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”
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Subscribe (verb)
express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal)
“we prefer to subscribe to an alternative explanation”
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Subscribe (verb)
sign (a will, contract, or other document)
“he subscribed the will as a witness”
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Subscribe (verb)
sign (one’s name) on a will, contract, or other document
“he was ordered to subscribe his name”
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Subscribe (verb)
sign oneself as
“he ventured still to subscribe himself her most obedient servant”
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Ascribe (verb)
regard something as being due to (a cause)
“he ascribed Jane’s short temper to her upset stomach”
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Ascribe (verb)
regard a text, quotation, or work of art as being produced by or belonging to (a particular person or period)
“a quotation ascribed to Thomas Cooper”
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Ascribe (verb)
regard a quality as belonging to
“tough-mindedness is a quality commonly ascribed to top bosses”