To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
[They] subscribed their names under them.
To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
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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From Middle English subscriben, subskryben, from Latin subscrībere. Compare its native English equivalent underwrite.
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