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2. That which is subscribed. Specifically: (a) A paper to which a signature is attached. (b) The signature attached to a paper. (c) Consent or attestation by underwriting the name. (d) Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.

3. (Eccl.) The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.

4. Submission; obedience. [Obs.]

You owe me no subscription.

Shak.

5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.

Sub*scrip"tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature. "The subscriptive part." Richardson. -- Sub*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

Sub"se*cute (?), v. t. [L. subsecutus, p. p. of subsequi. See Subsequent.] To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.]

To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken.

E. Hall.

Sub*sec"u*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. subsécutif.] Following in a train or succession. [R.]

||Sub*sel"li*um (?), n.; pl. Subsellia (#). [L.] (Eccl. Arch.) One of ||the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. ||of Stall.

Sub*sem"i*tone (?), n. (Mus.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.

Sub*sen"si*ble (?), a. Deeper than the reach of the senses. "That subsensible world." Tyndall.

Sub*sep"tu*ple (?), a. Having the ratio of one to seven. Bp. Wilkins.

{ Sub"se*quence (?), Sub"se*quen*cy (?), } n. The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.

Sub"se*quent (?), a. [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subséquent. See Sue to follow.] 1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.

2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. "The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish." Bacon.

Sub"se*quent*ly, adv. At a later time; afterwards.

Sub*se"rous (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under a serous membrane.

Sub*serve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subserved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Subserving.] [L. subservire; sub under + servire to serve. See Serve.] To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.

It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

Glanvill.

Sub*serve", v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.

Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.

Milton.

{ Sub*serv"i*ence (?), Sub*serv"i*en*cy (?) }, n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.

The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions.