Definition of subscribe

• v. t. - To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
• v. t. - To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.
• v. t. - To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
• v. t. - To declare over one's signature; to publish.
• v. i. - To sign one's name to a letter or other document.
• v. i. - To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.
• v. i. - To become surely; -- with for.
• v. i. - To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.
• v. i. - To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.
• v. i. - To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.