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Indorse v. t. (past & past part. indorsed; pres. part. indorsing) (Written also endorse)

To cover the back of; to load or burden. (Obs.) "Elephants indorsed with towers."

To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.

(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 note, 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.).

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.

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Etymology of 'Indorse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Indorse" Quotes from Famous Books

... must forbear. Stearine owes me; you indorse; you can't pay, neither of you. I sha'n't get the money. I must ...

— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 3, No. 16, February, 1859 • Various

... bona fide candor and entirety of treatment which was a part of my purpose, without comprehending this section also. But I would entrench myself more deeply and widely than that. And while I do not ask any man to indorse my theory, I confess myself anxious that what I sought to write and express, and the ground I built on, shall be at least partially understood, from its own platform. The best way seems to me to confront the question with ...

— Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy • Walt Whitman

... countrymen when there came, after deliberation and delay, his official recognition in the Philippines. Necessarily there had to be careful study of his life and scrutiny of his writings before the head of our nation could indorse as the corner stone of the new government which succeeded Spain's misrule, the very ideas which Spain had considered a sufficient warrant for shooting ...

— Lineage, Life, and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot • Austin Craig

... and A. B. & C. going down comes H. Nevil short to borrow the which crowneth my fury his niece being so far from making me happy and he being the cause of all. But did indorse two notes for him and so home and to bed with a bad grace and glad that my wife has betaken herself to ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) • Various

... their oars, and they were soon in sight of the beautiful vessel, as everybody called her; and Captain Ringgold could not but indorse the general verdict; at least, he thought she was quite as handsome as the Guardian-Mother, which was enough to say of any vessel in his estimation. The barge made a landing at ...

— Asiatic Breezes - Students on The Wing • Oliver Optic

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