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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sub·scribe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subscribed p. pr. & vb. n. Subscribing.]
 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.
 5. To sign away; to yield; to surrender. [Obs.]
 6. To declare over one's signature; to publish. [Obs.]
    Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward.   --Shak.