endorse

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
2. (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.
3. (UK, transitive) To add penalty points to one's driving licence as a result of a road traffic offence.
4. (transitive) To report (a symptom); to describe.

Noun

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

Synonyms

approve

indorse

support

confirm

back

🔙

sign

second

2nd

certify

sanction

authorize

validate

sign one’s name

allow

sustain

underwrite

ratify

insure

accredit

bear out

swerve

accept

🉑

quarantee

transfer

undersign

underpin

veer

subscribe

commend

sponsor

plump for

recommend

advocate

initial

fire

🔥

guarantee

permit

plunk for

boost

bolster

applaud

bear

🐻

admit

back up

avouch

aid

favor

espouse

ensure

autograph

agree with

Translations

approuver

soutenir

endossar

endosser

endosar

girare

aprobar

indossieren

endosseren

aprovar

wenden

appoggiare

avaliser

🔙

sottoscrivere

unterstützen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈdɔːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: endosse

In summary

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.