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   From: hayesstw@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:09:47 -0500, "Ash Wyrd"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Steve Hayes"  wrote in message   
   >news:3f4c7a4a.188597831@news.saix.net...   
   >   
   >> Your knowledge of Christian theology seems to be as unreliable as your   
   >> knowledge of the English language.   
   >>   
   >> Get a dictionary, and look up "prescribe"   
   >   
   >"to claim a title to something" is one of the definitions of "prescribe" and   
   >the one I was using.   
      
   To prescribe something to someone is to tell them what to do beforehand.   
      
   >> and "subscribe", for a start.   
   >   
   >which of these definitions are you referring to? Neither of them seems to   
   >have any bearing on what my intent was.   
   >   
   >Pronunciation: s&b-'skrIb   
   >Function: verb   
   >Inflected Form(s): sub·scribed; sub·scrib·ing   
   >Etymology: Middle English, from Latin subscribere, literally, to write   
   >beneath, from sub- + scribere to write -- more at SCRIBE   
   >Date: 15th century   
   >transitive senses   
   >1 : to write (one's name) underneath : SIGN   
   >2 a : to sign (as a document) with one's own hand in token of consent or   
   >obligation b : to attest by signing c : to pledge (a gift or contribution)   
   >by writing one's name with the amount   
   >3 : to assent to : SUPPORT   
   >intransitive senses   
   >1 : to sign one's name to a document   
   >2 a : to give consent or approval to something written by signing to subscribe to the agreement> b : to set one's name to a paper in token of   
   >promise to give something (as a sum of money); also : to give something in   
   >accordance with such a promise c : to enter one's name for a publication or   
   >service; also : to receive a periodical or service regularly on order d : to   
   >agree to purchase and pay for securities especially of a new offering   
   >   
   >3 : to feel favorably disposed    
   >synonym see ASSENT   
   >- sub·scrib·er noun   
   >   
   >> A good place to go after that might be "baptism".   
   >   
   >Ok this one has changed over time, and it seems there is disagreement from   
   >whence the word had originated. One dictionary sais it comes from a the   
   >greek "Batos" which is literally translated as "drown by submersion" another   
   >from the Middle English "baptis" which does not seem to indicate   
   >submergence, but rather cleansing.... My understanding, buth scriptural, and   
   >linguistic, leans closer to the Greek origin   
      
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