† endossv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To write on the back of (a document); to inscribe (words) on (the back of) a document; = endorse v. 1. Also figurative.
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the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > confirm or ratify [verb (transitive)]
confirm1297
ratify1357
endoss1381
approve1413
roborate?a1475
establish1533
justify1596
firm1599
rate?1611
affeera1616
tie1623
convalidate1656
sanction1778
accredit1826
countersign1840
endorse1847
society > law > legal document > [verb (transitive)] > endorse or label
endoss1381
indorse1547
docket1750
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > sign (a document) [verb (transitive)] > endorse
endoss1381
indorse1547
endorse1581
1381 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 225 Charters were endost.
c1470 J. Lydgate Order of Fools 8 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 79 Endosyd theyre patente that they shall neuer the.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xliijv/1 Wee awarde yt ether of theym by his obligacion be bounde to other x. li. stis. wyth condycion, endoced.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 69 Chryst with his blud our ransonis dois indoce.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 232 Matremony..The band of freindschip hes indost Betuix Bewty and the presoneir.
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Endosse, cut on the back, or write on the back.
2. In extended sense: To inscribe or portray (something) upon any surface. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)] > on something
endoss1447
importray1580
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys 145 Mynerve..Wyth al hir wyt ne coude provide More goodly aray Thow she dede endos Wyth ynne oo web al methamophosyos.
1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. Dv Her name in euery tree I will endosse.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. Yv A shield, in which he did endosse His deare Redeemers badge vpon the bosse. View more context for this quotation
3.
a. To put (clothing) on one's back.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on
to do oneOE
graitha1375
puta1382
to take on1389
to let falla1400
takea1400
to put on?a1425
endow1484
addressa1522
to get on1549
to draw on1565
don1567
to pull on1578
dight1590
sumpterc1595
to get into ——1600
on with1600
array1611
mount1785
to cast on1801
endoss1805
endue1814
ship1829
1805 W. Taylor Monthly Mag. 19 574 He endosses the black robe.
b. ? To clothe with armour.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)] > clothe with or encase in
armc1275
graith1297
enarmc1320
tirec1330
harnessc1380
haspc1400
endossa1500
armour1578
case1582
clothe1590
dight1590
emboss1590
array1809
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xix. 219 Both ye and I Agans the feynde ar well endoost.
4. To load the back; in quot. transferred.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden
charka1300
chargec1308
cark1330
liea1400
labour1437
onerate1453
endossa1500
onera1500
laden1514
load1526
aggravate1530
lay1530
honorate1533
ladea1538
burden1541
ballast1566
loaden1568
degravate1574
aburden1620
pregravate1654
comble1672
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 268 For his great boost, With knokys he is indoost.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvi. 336 With tormentys keyn bese he indost For euermore.
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