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†UNDERSUBSCRIVE, v. Also -scryve, -screive-; -scribe. To sign a document. Hence undersubscryver, -subscriber, one who signs a document, the undersigned. Cf. Underscriver. Freq. in ppl.adj.Gall. 1703 Session Bk. Penninghame (1933) I. 110:
In witnes quherof written by me, Mr. Andrew Ewart, undersubscryver.Wgt. 1706 Session Bk. Wigtown (1934) 100:
In presence of me notar publick and witnesses undersubscriband . . . in the hands of me, notar publick undersubscrivand.Sc. 1707 Records Conv. Burgh (1880) 416:
We, undersubscriving. . . .Sc. 1708 London Gazette No. 4430/6:
We, the Noblemen of the Shire of Ayr undersubscribing.Arg. 1711 Arg. Justiciary Rec. (Stair Soc.) II. 272:
We undersubscreiveris doe heirby testefie. . . .Sc. 1799 W. Mitchell Scotticisms 88:
We the under subscribers.
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