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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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Endorsing
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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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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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