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verb (used with object) Also, indorse (for defs. 1–6).
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.
EXPANDto write (something) on the back of a document, paper, etc.: to endorse instructions; to endorse one's signature.
6.
COLLAPSEto acknowledge (payment) by placing one's signature on a bill, draft, etc.
noun
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Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
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Endorse
is an LSAT word you need to know.
So is solely. Does it mean:
| exclusively or only |
| to support, hold, or bear up from below |
Origin:
1350–1400; variant (with en- for in-) of earlier indorse < Medieval Latin indorsāre to endorse, equivalent to Latin in- in-2 + -dorsāre, derivative of dorsum back; replacing endoss, Middle English endossen < Old French endosser, equivalent to en- en-1 + -dosser, derivative of dos < Latin dorsum
1350–1400; variant (with en- for in-) of earlier indorse < Medieval Latin indorsāre to endorse, equivalent to Latin in- in-2 + -dorsāre, derivative of dorsum back; replacing endoss, Middle English endossen < Old French endosser, equivalent to en- en-1 + -dosser, derivative of dos < Latin dorsum
Related forms
en·dors·a·ble, adjective
en·dors·er, en·dor·sor, noun
en·dors·ing·ly, adverb
en·dor·sive, adjective
pre·en·dorse, verb (used with object), -dorsed, -dors·ing.
EXPANDre·en·dorse, verb (used with object), -dorsed, -dors·ing.
sub·en·dorse, verb (used with object), -dorsed, -dors·ing.
su·per·en·dorse, verb (used with object), -dorsed, -dors·ing.
un·en·dors·a·ble, adjective
un·en·dorsed, adjective
well-en·dorsed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. sanction, ratify, uphold, sustain, back, second.
1. sanction, ratify, uphold, sustain, back, second.
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- Voters in France endorse two visions of their future.
- Voters endorse a flawed but necessary set of constitutional amendments .
- The moral of the story is one that all parents and educators will endorse heartily.
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Word Origin & History
endorse
late 14c., from O.Fr. endosser, lit. "to put on back," from en- "put on" + dos "back," from L. dossum, var. of dorsum. Sense of "confirm, approve" (by signing on the back) is first recorded in Eng. 1847. Assimilated in form to M.L. indorsare. Related: Endorsed; endorsing.
EXPAND"You can endorse, literally, a cheque or other papers, &, metaphorically, a claim or argument, but to talk of endorsing material things other than papers is a solecism." [Fowler]
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