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SYLLABICATION:sub·scribe
PRONUNCIATION:  sb-scrb
VERB:Inflected forms: sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing, sub·scribes
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To pledge or contribute (a sum of money). 2. To sign (one's name) at the end of a document. 3. To sign one's name to in attestation, testimony, or consent: subscribe a will. 4. To authorize (someone) to receive or access electronic texts or services, especially over the Internet.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:1a. To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example. b. To receive or be allowed to access electronic texts or services by subscription. 2. To promise to pay or contribute money: subscribe to a charity. 3. To feel or express hearty approval: I subscribe to your opinion. See synonyms at assent. 4. To sign one's name. 5. To affix one's signature to a document as a witness or to show consent.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English subscriben, to sign, from Latin subscrbere : sub-, sub- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:sub·scriberNOUN
 
 
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