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in⋅dorse

  [in-dawrs]
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–verb (used with object), -dorsed, -dors⋅ing.
endorse.

en⋅dorse

  [en-dawrs] verb, -dorsed, -dors⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to approve, support, or sustain: to endorse a political candidate.
2. to designate oneself as payee of (a check) by signing, usually on the reverse side of the instrument.
3. to sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument).
4. to make over (a stated amount) to another as payee by one's endorsement.
5. to write (something) on the back of a document, paper, etc.: to endorse instructions; to endorse one's signature.
6. to acknowledge (payment) by placing one's signature on a bill, draft, etc.
–noun
7. Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
Also, indorse (for defs. 1–6).

Origin:
1350–1400; var. (with en- for in-) of earlier indorse < ML indorsāre to endorse, equiv. to L in- in- 2 + -dorsāre, deriv. of dorsum back; r. endoss, ME endossen < OF endosser, equiv. to en- en- 1 + -dosser, deriv. of dos < L dorsum

Related forms:
en⋅dors⋅a⋅ble, adjective
en⋅dors⋅er, en⋅dor⋅sor, noun
en⋅dors⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
en⋅dor⋅sive, adjective

Synonyms:
1. sanction, ratify, uphold, sustain, back, second.
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en·dorse   (ěn-dôrs')   
tr.v.   en·dorsed also in·dorsed, en·dors·ing also in·dors·ing, en·dors·es also in·dors·es
  1. To write one's signature on the back of (a check, for example) as evidence of the legal transfer of its ownership, especially in return for the cash or credit indicated on its face.
  2. To place (one's signature), as on a contract, to indicate approval of its contents or terms.
  3. To acknowledge (receipt of payment) by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument.
  4. To give approval of or support to, especially by public statement; sanction: endorse a political candidate. See Synonyms at approve.

[Middle English endosen, from Anglo-Norman endosser, from Medieval Latin indorsāre : Latin in-, upon, in; see en-1 + Latin dorsum, back.]
en·dors'a·ble adj., en·dors'er, en·dor'sor n.
in·dorse   (ĭn-dôrs')   
v.  Variant of endorse.
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Indorse

In*dorse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indorsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Indorsing.] [LL. indorsare. See Endorse.] [Written also endorse.]

1. To cover the back of; to load or burden. [Obs.]

Elephants indorsed with towers. --Milton.

2. To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.

3. (Law & Com.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a ?ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.).

4. To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.

To indorse in blank, to write one's name on the back of a note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the holder.
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Main Entry: indorse, indorsee, indorsement, in·dor·s·er
indorseeindorsementin·dor·s·er variant of ENDORSE, ENDORSEE, ENDORSEMENT, ENDORSER —used primarily in the context of the Uniform Commercial Code
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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