SUBSCRI'BE, L. subscribo sub and scribo, to write.
1. To sign with one's own hand to give consent to something written, or to bind one's self by writing one's name beneath as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract a man subscribes a bond or articles of agreement.
2. To attest by writing one's name beneath as, officers subscribe their official acts and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies of records.
3. To promise to give by writing one's name as, each man subscribed ten dollars or ten shillings.
4. To submit. Not in use.
SUBSCRI'BE, To promise to give a certain sum by setting one's name to a paper. The paper was offered and many subscribed.
1. To assent as, I could not subscribe to his opinion.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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