[f. SUBSCRIBE v. + -ING2.] That subscribes, attests or assents to a document, etc.
[1651. implied in non-subscribing: see SUBSCRIBER 1.]
1808. W. Wilson, Hist. Diss. Ch., I. 165. The unceremonious manner in which he treats Mr. Reynolds, and his subscribing brethren.
1855. in Ellis & Blackburn, Cases Queen’s Bench (1856), IV. 459. The execution of the will by the testator and by the other two subscribing witnesses.
1867. Spedding, Publ. & Authors, 40. For 5 copies sold to a subscribing bookseller, he receives 85s.
1872. Yeats, Growth Comm., 211. Each of the subscribing cities [viz. to the Dutch East India Co.] was represented by a college or chamber.
1903. Fairbairn, in Contemp. Rev., Jan., 6. A subscribing … is not the only conservative church.
