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en·dorse
I. transitive verb
or in·dorse \ə̇nˈdȯ(ə)rs, en-, -ȯ(ə)s\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: endorse alteration (influenced by indorse) of endoss, from Middle English endosen, from Middle French endosser, from Old French, to put on one's back, from en- (I) + dos back, from Latin dorsum; indorse from Middle English indorsen, from Medieval Latin indorsare, from Latin in in, on + Medieval Latin -dorsare (from Latin dorsum back)
1.
a. : to write on the back of (a commercial document): as
(1) : to sign one's name as payee on the back of (a check) in order to obtain the cash or credit represented on the face
(2) : to register payments of interest on (as a note or bill) by writing the amounts on the back with the signature of the one receiving the payment
b. : to inscribe (one's signature) on a check, bill, note, or other commercial document : sign
< he endorsed his name on the check >
c. : to inscribe (as an official document) with a title, direction, memorandum, or explanation
< mail not delivered at the original address must be endorsed to show the next address — Postal Term Glossary >
specifically : to write an endorsement on (a letter) in military communication
d. : to make over to another (the value represented in a check, bill, or note) by inscribing one's name on the document sometimes with specific directions for transfer
e. : to acknowledge receipt of (all or part of a sum specified in a note or bill) by one's signature on the document with proper notation
2. obsolete : to load upon the back
3. : to express definite approval or acceptance of
< endorsed happiness, parenthood, and babies — Jack Gould >
: support or aid explicitly by or as if by signed statement : vouch for : underwrite
< a lot of people will endorse a good idea, but … few will fight for it — Owen Lattimore >
< all of these measures had been endorsed by the governor — G.C.Wright >
Synonyms: see approve
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II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps from endorse (I)
heraldry : a cotise paralleling a pale |