Subscribe

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUBSCRIBED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUBSCRIBING.] [Lat. subscribere, from prefix sub, under, and scribere, to write; Fr. souscrire, O. Fr. soscrire, sousscrire, Pr. sotscriure, Sp. subscribir, Pg. subscrever, It. soscrivere, sottoscrivere.]

1. To write underneath; to sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond or articles of agreement.
2. To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies of records.
3. To promise to give, by writing one's name; as, each man subscribed ten dollars, or ten shillings.
4. To submit. [Obs.] Shak.