Sub*scrib"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being subscribed. [R.]

Sub*scribe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subscribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Subscribing.] [L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to

write: cf. F. souscrire. See Scribe.] 1. To write underneath, as one's

name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

[They] subscribed their names under them.

Sir T. More.

2. 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.

All the bishops subscribed the sentence.

Milman.

3. To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe

their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or

records.

4. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each

man subscribed ten dollars.

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