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en⋅dorse

  [en-dawrs] verb, -dorsed, -dors⋅ing, noun
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–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.
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