Lexic.us

Definition of Subscribe

1. Verb. Offer to buy, as of stocks and shares. "The broker subscribed 500 shares"

2. Verb. Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on). "Please sign here"

3. Verb. Adopt as a belief. "I subscribe to your view on abortion"

4. Verb. Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals. "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"

5. Verb. Receive or obtain regularly. "We take the Times every day"

Definition of Subscribe

1. v. t. To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

2. v. i. To sign one's name to a letter or other document.

Definition of Subscribe

1. Verb. (ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time. ¹

2. Verb. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan. ¹

3. Verb. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea. ¹

4. Verb. To pay money to be a member of an organization. ¹

5. Verb. To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund. ¹

6. Verb. (business and finance) To agree to buy shares in a company. ¹

7. Verb. (archaic) To write one’s name at the bottom of a document, to sign. ¹

8. Verb. (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender. ¹

9. Verb. (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subscribe

1. [v -SCRIBED, -SCRIBING, -SCRIBES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subscribe

subscapularis subschema subschemas subschemata subscheme subschemes subscience subsciences subscope subscopes

subscore subscores subscreen subscreens subscribable subscribe (current term) subscribe to subscribed subscriber subscriber line

subscribers subscribership subscriberships subscribes subscribing subscript subscripted subscription subscription right subscription warrant

Literary usage of Subscribe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
""subscribe," as used in reference to a paper signed and delivered for the purpose ... To subscribe is to agree in writing to furnish a sum of money or its ..."

2. Cases on the General Principles of the Law of Private Corporations by Horace La Fayette Wilgus (1902)
"(i) Agreements to subscribe for stock in a corporation formed or to be formed. CH ARLES THRASHER v. THE PIKE COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY.' 1861. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... or subscribe stock for such county, city, or incorporated town in, or loan the credit thereof to, any railroad company, or other company, corporation, ..."

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