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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-dawrs
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdɔrs



Definition of endorses

Origin :
  • late 14c. endosse "alteration," from Old French endosser (12c.), literally "to put on back," from en- "put on" (see en- (1)) + dos "back," from Latin dossum, variant of dorsum.
  • Sense of "confirm, approve" (by signing on the back) is recorded in English first in 1847. Assimilated 16c. in form to Medieval Latin indorsare. Related: Endorsed; endorsing.
  • You can endorse, literally, a cheque or other papers, &, metaphorically, a claim or argument, but to talk of endorsing material things other than papers is a solecism. [Fowler]
  • verb support, authorize
  • verb countersign a check
Example sentences :
  • Sergeant Stephens, in his Commentaries, endorses Blackstone's views.
  • Extract from : « Her Majesty's Mails » by William Lewins
  • And he at once endorses a few words on the bottom of the summons.
  • Extract from : « A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London Courts » by Thomas Leaming
  • And the Church of England endorses this ridiculous old-world fable.
  • Extract from : « My Path to Atheism » by Annie Besant
  • Springer endorses it and deposits it in the Security National Bank.
  • Extract from : « Business English » by Rose Buhlig
  • He endorses them with His own mighty intercession, and gives them power on high.
  • Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
  • "Which same I endorses; it shore was a sudden change," Meeker replied, glancing at the Mexican's shack.
  • Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy » by Clarence E. Mulford
  • The Scientific American endorses the plan, and places it above240 many, in fact most of the elaborate and expensive devices.
  • Extract from : « The Natural Cure of Consumption, Constipation, Bright's Disease, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, » by Charles Edward Page
  • This proves that the Pasha endorses what Mr. Jephson writes.
  • Extract from : « In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria » by Henry Morton Stanley
  • It is Diaz who thus unconditionally declares himself Calderon endorses it by a declaration of like daring nature.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • In the third book, again (c. 9), he endorses a proposition of Lycophron which virtually affirms the social contract.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of States » by J. M. Robertson

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