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English Dictionary: endorse	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for endorse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endorse v be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" Synonym(s): back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" Synonym(s): second, back, endorse, indorse guarantee as meeting a certain standard; "certified grade AAA meat" Synonym(s): certify, endorse, indorse sign as evidence of legal transfer; "endorse cheques" Synonym(s): endorse, indorse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indorse \In*dorse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indorsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indorsing}.] [LL. indorsare. See {Endorse}.] [Written also {endorse}.] 1. To cover the back of; to load or burden. [Obs.] Elephants indorsed with towers. --Milton. 2. To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address. 3. (Law & Com.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a [?]ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.). 4. To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion. {To indorse in blank}, to write one's name on the back of a note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the holder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Endorse \Endorse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endorsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endorsing}.] [Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See {Dorsal}, and cf. {Indorse}.] Same as {Indorse}. Note: Both endorse* and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Endorse \En*dorse"\, n. (Her.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).