Definition of: subscribe

(səb·skrīb′) v. ·scribed, ·scrib·ing v.t.
1. To write, as one's name, at the end of a document; sign.
2. To sign one's name to as an expression of assent, acceptance, etc.; attest to by signing.
3. To promise, especially in writing, to pay or contribute (a sum of money).
—v.i.
4. To write one's name at the end of a document.
5. To give sanction, support, or approval; agree.
6. To promise to pay or contribute money.
7. To agree to receive and pay for an article, as a periodical, usually by written agreement: with to. [<L subscribere <sub- underneath + scribere write]
—sub·scrib′er noun