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   En·dorse

   /inˈdôrs/

   

   verb

   • 1. declare one's public approval or support of: "the report was endorsed by the college"
   • ▪ recommend (a product) in an advertisement: "he earns more money endorsing sports clothes than playing football" Similar supportbackapprove (of)be in agreement withfavorrecommendadvocatechampionsubscribe toupholdaffirmconfirmauthorizeauthenticateratifysanctionwarrantinformal:throw one's weight behindstick up forOpposite oppose
   • 2. sign (a check or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it. Similar countersignsign on the backinitialautographput one's mark oninscribesuperscribewitnessvalidatearchaic:underwriteside-signrare:chirographate
   • ▪ write (a comment) on the front or back of a document: "the speed and accuracy achieved will be endorsed on the certificate"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘write on the back of’; formerly also as indorse): from medieval Latin indorsare, from Latin in- ‘in, on’ + dorsum ‘back’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. endorsable adjective
   • 2. endorser noun

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