endorse

[en-dawrs]

verb (used with object)

endorsed, endorsing 

1. to approve, support, or sustain.

   to endorse a political candidate.

   Synonyms: second, back, sustain, uphold, ratify, sanction

2. to designate oneself as payee of (a check) by signing, usually on the reverse side of the instrument.

3. to sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument).

4. to make over (a stated amount) to another as payee by one's endorsement.

5. to write (something) on the back of a document, paper, etc..

   to endorse instructions; to endorse one's signature.

6. to acknowledge (payment) by placing one's signature on a bill, draft, etc.

noun

1. Heraldry.,  a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.

endorse

/ ɪnˈdɔːs /

verb

1. to give approval or sanction to

2. to sign (one's name) on the back of (a cheque, etc) to specify oneself as payee

3. commerce

   1. to sign the back of (a negotiable document) to transfer ownership of the rights to a specified payee

   2. to specify (a designated sum) as transferable to another as payee

4. to write (a qualifying comment, recommendation, etc) on the back of a document

5. to sign (a document), as when confirming receipt of payment

6. to record (a conviction) on (a driving licence)

Other Word Forms

• endorser noun
• endorsable adjective
• endorsor noun
• endorsingly adverb
• endorsive adjective
• preendorse verb (used with object)
• reendorse verb (used with object)
• subendorse verb (used with object)
• superendorse verb (used with object)
• unendorsable adjective
• unendorsed adjective
• well-endorsed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of endorse¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; variant (with en- for in- ) of earlier indorse, from Medieval Latin indorsāre “to endorse,” equivalent to Latin in- in- ² + -dorsāre, derivative of dorsum “back”; replacing endoss, Middle English endossen, from Old French endosser, equivalent to en- en- ¹ + -dosser, derivative of dos, from Latin dorsum

Word History and Origins

Origin of endorse¹

C16: from Old French endosser to put on the back, from _en- ¹ + dos back, from Latin dorsum

Example Sentences

Backed by research, endorsed by doctors, tracked by apps, the basics of healthy living have become part of a canon.

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Ms. Spanberger told her Democratic congressional colleagues on a 2020 conference call never to “use the word ‘socialist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again” and to refrain from endorsing demands to “defund” the police.

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Plaid's annual conference on Saturday endorsed a motion that said Wales was "on a journey to independence, and that enhancing devolution could form part of that journey".

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In July the electoral body barred the 71-year-old opposition leader from running because a rival faction of the party that had endorsed him presented someone else as a candidate.

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In some cases, workers say they lost their jobs for posts that didn’t endorse violence or celebrate Kirk’s murder.

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Related Words

• advocate 
• affirm 
• approve 
• back 
• commend 
• confirm 
• defend 
• favor 
• okay 
• praise 
• ratify 
• recommend 
• sanction 
• uphold