Endorse
[ɪn'dɔːs;en-] or [ɪn'dɔrs]
Definition
(verb.) sign as evidence of legal transfer; 'endorse cheques'.
Checker: Wilmer--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) Same as Indorse.
(n.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Indorse.] [1]. Superscribe, write on the back of.[2]. Sanction, warrant, confirm, ratify, vouch for.
Editor: Lucia
Definition
v.t. to write one's name on the back of: to assign by writing on the back of: to give one's sanction to: to lay on the back to load.—adj. Endors′able.—ns. Endorsēē′ the person to whom a bill &c. is assigned by endorsement; Endorse′ment act of endorsing: that which is written on a bill: sanction; Endors′er.
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Examples
- As quartermaster he declined to fill the requisition, and endorsed on the back of it his reasons for so doing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And the honest drover, in his warmth, endorsed this moral sentiment by firing a perfect _feu de joi_ at the fireplace. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He then went back to the General, who, with his secretary, had a good laugh over the matter, told him the check must be endorsed, and sent with him a young man to identify him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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