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▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
▸ verb: (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.
▸ verb: (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
▸ verb: (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
▸ verb: (intransitive, insurance) To act as an underwriter.
▸ verb: (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To submit to; put up with.
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insure,
cover,
underlie,
undersign,
ascribe,
submit,
underpin,
subscribe,
bankroll,
underfoot,
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