endorse

present singular third person endorses · participle present endorsing · participle past endorsed · past endorsed · alternative archaic indorse · alternative obsolete endoce

1. transitiveTo express support or approval, especially officially or publicly.

   The president endorsed John Smith as senator.

   Synonyms: underwrite

2. transitiveTo write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
3. transitiveTo provide an endorsement.
4. UKtransitivelawTo give notice of something in a document.

   The court endorsed his driving record with three penalty points for the drink-driving.

   2 more examples

   The writ of summons was endorsed with the nature of a claim, the cause thereof, and of the relief sought in the action.

   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.

   Nettleship v Weston ([1971] 2 QB 691)

5. transitivemedicineTo report (a symptom); to describe.

plural endorses · alternative archaic indorse · alternative obsolete endoce

1. governmentA diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.