subscribe English · revision 10506

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1425|origins=la subscribere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /səbˈskɹaɪb/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English subscriben, [[bor|la|subscrībere|t=to write underneath, sign one's name]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from sub-, underneath, and scrībere, to write (see [[scribe]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *skribh-, to cut.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To sign at the bottom of a document: 1425, in the Rolls of Parliament.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To give consent or bind oneself by signing is from the mid-15th century (1440),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and to give assent or approval, as to an opinion, from 1549.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) To contribute money to a fund or society is from 1640,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) and to put one's name down as a buyer of a periodical is a later sense.^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD) To agree to receive information from a website is a recent use.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1425 – to sign.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1440 – to assent by signing.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1549 – to approve.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1640 – to contribute money.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To pay in advance to receive a periodical, service or series of tickets.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To pledge or contribute money to a fund or charity.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(subscribe to)'' To agree with or support an opinion.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To sign one's name at the end of a document.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subscriber]]

+ * [[subscribable]]

+ * [[subscribership]]

+ * [[undersubscribe]]

+ * [[nonsubscriber]]

+ * [[nonsubscribing]]

+ * [[oversubscribe]]

+ * [[resubscribe]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[subscript]]

+ * [[subscription]]

+ * [[scribe]]

+ * [[describe]]

+ * [[prescribe]]

+ * [[inscribe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}