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& s. [Lat. subscript us, pa. par. of subscribo to write underneath.] A. As adj.: Written underneath; under-written; as, the iota subscript in Greek. *B. As subst.: Something written underneath or under-written. "Be they postscripts or subscripts , your translators neither made them, nor recommended them." Bentley: Phileleutherus Lip siens is, § 37. sub-script i on, s. [O. Fr. soubscription, from Latin subscriptionem, acc us. of subscriptio, from subscript us.] [SUBSCRIPT.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of subscribing; as (1) The act of writing under or signing; the act of formally binding one's self to, or acknowledging a promise or obligation, by signing one's name. "Subscription to articles of religion IMG:content-0494.png:[blocks in formation] Shakesp.: Lear , iii. 2. II. Eccles. & Church Hist.: The acceptance of articles or other tests tending to promote uniformity. Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, and the Book of Common Prayer is required before 2. Hence, to sign with one's own hand, in token of ordination in the Anglican communion. A similar a ent, consent, or approval; to give consent to, as to something written, or to bind one's self to by writing one's name underneath. "Folded the writ up in form of the other; Subscribed it." Shakesp.: Hamlet , v. 2. 3. To attest by writing one's name beneath. 4. To publish by subscription. subscription was formerly required from every Master of Arts in the Universities, and is still obligatory on the governors or heads of the colleges of Westminster, Winchester, and Eton, within one month after election or collation, and admi ion into such government or headship. sub-scriptive, a. [Eng. subscript ( ion ); -ive.] "Mr. D. Nutt is subscribing an elaborate work in mod- Pertaining or belonging to the subscription or sig. ern Greek."-Athenœum, June 25, 1885, р. 114. Used specifically by publishers, . (1) To offer (as, a new book) to the trade. (2) To take copies of. "The largest number ever subscribed for a six-shilling novel."-Athenœum, June 25, 1887, p. 833. *5. To write down; to characterize. "I will subscribe him a coward." Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , v. 2. 6. To promise to give by writing one's name down; and hence, to give, to contribute; as, He subscribed five dollars. *7. To lay down; to submit. "The king gone to-night! subscribed his power!" Shakesp.: Lear, i. 2. IMG:content-0495.png:[blocks in formation] *5. To yield, to submit. "Death to me subscribes."- Shakesp.: Sonnet 107. subscrib-er, s. [Eng.subscrib(e); -er.] 1. One who subscribes; one who attaches his signature to a document, as a token of a ent, consent, or promise; one who admits or binds himself to a promise or obligation by signing his name. 2. One who contributes to an undertaking by paying or promising to pay a certain sum or part. "The subscribers were erected into a New East India Company."-Smith: Wealth of Nations, bk. v., ch. i. 3. One who enters his name for a newspaper, book, periodical, or the like. "Some of my subscribers grew so clamorous that I could no longer defer the publication."-Dryden: Virgil's Ancid . (Dedic.) nature. "I have endeavored to imitate the subscriptive part." Richardson: Clari a , viii. 78.