to subscribe
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- verb
- /səbˈskraɪb/
- Formal
:
firmar
- Moreover, "the several states are advised to authorize their respective delegates to subscribe and ratify the same as part of said instrument of union." 71
Examples
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In order to express my agreement, I was asked to subscribe my name at the end of the document.
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May it please you to subscribe your names?
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Your oaths are passed, and now subscribe your names...
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Advise thee, Aaron, what is to be done, so that we may all subscribe to thy advice.
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Remember now that the 30 declarations of the Universal Declaration were subscribed to by all of those nations that I just mentioned.
Academic text (1994) -
The committee members will need to subscribe to the new regulations before they take effect.
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Before the treaty could be implemented, all parties had to subscribe to the terms outlined.
Synonyms
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1.0
To write your name on a paper to show you agree
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To give official approval, usually by writing your name on a document
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To sign a contract or agreement formally
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To sign the back of a cheque to allow someone else to cash it
Write your name at the bottom of a document to show agreement
To approve a document, usually by signing or stamping it
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Etymology
Subscribe comes from the Latin parts sub- ('under') and scribere ('to write'), so it originally meant 'to write under' a document. That's why to subscribe a paper is to sign your name at the bottom to show approval or consent.