endorse

== English == === Alternative forms === indorse (archaic) endoce (obsolete) === Etymology === Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on the back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’. Note that the alternative spelling indorse also uses the initial ‘i’ from Latin (in-, rather than en-), but this form is now rare. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɔːs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdoɹs/, /ɛnˈdoɹs/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdoɹs/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdoːs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ənˈdoːs/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s === Verb === endorse (third-person singular simple present endorses, present participle endorsing, simple past and past participle endorsed) (transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement. Synonym: underwrite (transitive) To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it. (transitive, UK, law) To give notice of something in a document. Nettleship v Weston ([1971] 2 QB 691) On 25th January, 1968, Mrs. Weston was convicted by the Sheffield Magistrates of driving without due care and attention. She was fined £10 and her driving licence was endorsed. (medicine, transitive) To report (a symptom); to describe. ==== Legal meaning ==== “Endorse” and “endorsement” (or the older and less common form, “indorse”) can have different legal meanings depending on its context, including: (1) being signed or authorized; (2) the act of signing; or (3) a notice of something in a document such as an endorsement in a writ of summons of the nature of a claim, the cause thereof, and of the relief sought in the action. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dorsal ==== Translations ==== === Noun === endorse (plural endorses) (heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale. ==== Usage notes ==== When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a pallet when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale. The term endorse is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider pale. Diminutive stripes flanking other ordinaries are termed cottises. ==== Related terms ==== endorsed ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Edensor == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enˈdoɾse/ [ẽn̪ˈd̪oɾ.se] Rhymes: -oɾse Syllabification: en‧dor‧se === Verb === endorse inflection of endorsar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative