a. rare. [f. L. subscript-, pa. ppl. stem of subscrībĕre to SUBSCRIBE + -IVE.]

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  1.  Pertaining to the ‘subscription’ of a letter.

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1748.  Richardson, Clarissa, VII. 197. I have endeavoured to imitate the subscriptive part [of the letter].

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  2.  Pertaining to the subscribing of money.

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1897.  Westm. Gaz., 10 March, 2/2. Is it to be the population of a parish? or its subscriptive capacity?

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