subscribing

Verb

subscribe (third-person singular simple present subscribes, present participle subscribing, simple past and past participle subscribed)

1. (archaic outside law) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
   • [They] subscribed their names under them.c. 1510, Thomas More, The Life of Pico della Mirandola
2. (transitive) 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.
3. (ergative) 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?
4. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access, a cell phone plan, or a streaming service.
   • I subscribed to this streaming service years ago.
5. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea [with to].
   • I don’t subscribe to that theory.
6. To pay money to be a member of an organization.

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