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marzipan (iou) and subscribe (iou)


marzipan (iou)



marzipan noun & adjective. . L15.
[German, earlier marcipan alt. (as if from Latin Marci panis Mark's bread) of marczapan from Italian marzapane.]
A. noun. A paste of ground almonds, sugar, etc., made up into small cakes or used as a coating on large cakes; a cake or shaped piece of this. L15.
B. adjective. Dainty, superfine. L16-M17.
Comb.: marzipan layer Finance (colloq.) the (tier of) executives ranking immediately below the partners in a firm.
marzipanned adjective covered with marzipan L20.

subscribe (iou)



subscribe verb. LME.
[Latin subscribere, formed as SUB- + scribere write.]
verb trans. Write or sign (one's name) on a document etc., esp. at the foot as a witness or consenting party; refl. (with compl.) sign oneself as. Now rare. LME.
A. Radcliffe Vivaldi was ordered to subscribe his name and quality to the depositions. J. Galsworthy He could not tell how to subscribe himself, and only put 'Mark Lennan'.
b. Write or inscribe (a character, sentence, etc.) below or at the conclusion of something. Now rare. L16.
c. Write down the name of (a person) as being registered for a specified contribution. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
a. verb trans. Write one's name at the foot of, sign, (a document etc.); show support for or attest by signing. LME.
subscribing witness: see WITNESS noun 4.
Gibbon The emperor was persuaded to subscribe the condemnation of..Gallus. W. Cruise He subscribed the will as a witness.
b. verb intrans. Write one's signature, esp. in support or as a witness. (Foll. by to.) M16.
verb trans. Agree to; support, sanction, concur in. M16-L18.
verb intrans. Foll. by to: express or feel agreement with an idea, proposal, etc.; hold as an opinion, assent to; (now rare or obsolete) agree or be a party to, countenance, collude in. M16.
B. W. Aldiss We subscribe to the idea that it is wrong to murder. A. Storr Freud did not subscribe to the belief in mediums.
verb intrans. Submit, yield, or defer to. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
a. verb intrans. Foll. by to: admit or concede the force, validity, or truth of. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Admit to (inferiority or error). rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
c. verb intrans. Foll. by to: make acknowledgement or admission of. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
verb intrans. Foll. by for: make an undertaking on behalf of, vouch or answer for. rare (Shakes.). L16-E17.
verb trans. Sign away, yield up. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
a. verb trans. Contribute or promise (a specified amount) to or for a fund, project, charity, etc., esp. regularly; pay or guarantee (money) for an issue of shares. M17.
b. verb intrans. Undertake to contribute money to a fund, society, party, etc.; enter one's name on a list of contributors to a charity. Also, apply for or undertake to pay for shares; (foll. by to, for) arrange to receive a periodical etc. regularly. M17.
Thackeray He..subscribed handsomely to..charities. Ina Taylor He kept himself up to date by subscribing to numerous publications.
Bookselling.
a. verb trans. Issue (a book) to subscribers. Only in E18.
b. verb trans. & intrans. (with for). Of a bookseller: agree before publication to take (a certain number of copies). M19.
c. verb trans. Of a publisher etc.: offer (a book) to the retail trade. E20.
Bookseller Your OUP traveller is subscribing the new Concise Oxford now.
subscribable adjective able to be subscribed E19.