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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBSCRI'BED, pp. Having a name or names written underneath. The petition is subscribed by two thousand persons.
1. Promised by writing the name and sum.
A large sum is subscribed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end; "the subscribed will"

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Subscribe Sub*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Subscribing.] [L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See Scribe.] 1. To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document. [They] subscribed their names under them. --Sir T. More. 2. To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond. All the bishops subscribed the sentence. --Milman. 3. To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records. 4. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars. 5. To sign away; to yield; to surrender. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. To declare over one's signature; to publish. [Obs.] Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward. --Shak.