Subscribe vs. Prescribe
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(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
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To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
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To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.
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To pay money to be a member of an organization.
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(intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
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(transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
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To agree to buy shares in a company.
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(transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
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(archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
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(obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
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(obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
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To declare over one's signature; to publish.
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To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.
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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.
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To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
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To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.
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To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
Subscribeverb
To declare over one's signature; to publish.
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To sign one's name to a letter or other document.
Subscribeverb
To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.
Subscribeverb
To become surely; - with for.
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To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.
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To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.
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To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.
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offer to buy, as of stocks and shares;
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mark with one's signature; write one's name (on);
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adopt as a belief;
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pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals;
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receive or obtain by regular payment;
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arrange to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance
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arrange for access to an electronic mailing list or online service
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contribute or undertake to contribute a certain sum of money to a fund, project, or cause, typically on a regular basis
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apply to participate in
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apply for or undertake to pay for an issue of shares
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(of a bookseller) agree before publication to take (a certain number of copies of a book)
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express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal)
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sign (a will, contract, or other document)
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sign (one's name) on a will, contract, or other document
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sign oneself as
Prescribeverb
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
Prescribeverb
To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
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To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
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To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
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To give directions; to dictate.
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To influence by long use
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To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.
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To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.
Prescribeverb
issue commands or orders for
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(of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing
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recommend (a substance or action) as something beneficial
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state authoritatively or as a rule that (an action or procedure) should be carried out
