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• v.捐助; 订购
• ［英］ v.捐助 ( to give something in accordance with a promise) ; 订购 ( to enter one's name for a publication or service)
• ［记］ sub ( 下面) ＋scribe ( 写) -> 签署, 写下订单 -> 订购

Webster Collegiate

verb (subscribed; subscribing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin subscribere, literally, to write beneath, from sub- + scribere to write — more at scribe
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to write (one's name) underneath ; sign
  • 2.
    • a. to sign (as a document) with one's own hand in token of consent or obligation
    • b. to attest by signing
    • c. to pledge (a gift or contribution) by writing one's name with the amount
  • 3. to assent to ; support
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to sign one's name to a document
  • 2.
    • a. to give consent or approval to something written by signing <unwilling to subscribe to the agreement>
    • b. to set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give something (as a sum of money); also to give something in accordance with such a promise
    • c. to enter one's name for a publication or service; also to receive a periodical or service regularly on order <subscribed to many magazines>
    • d. to agree to purchase and pay for securities especially of a new offering <subscribed for 1000 shares>
  • 3. to feel favorably disposed <I subscribe to your sentiments>
• Synonyms: see assent
• ? subscriber noun

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