endorse
//ɪnˈdɔːs//
Forms
- present (v1)
- endorse
- past (v2)
- endorsed
- past participle (v3)
- endorsed
- present participle
- endorsing
- 3rd person singular
- endorses
- Plural
- endorses
Definitions
1.To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
- The president endorsed John Smith as senator.
2.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.To add penalty points to one's driving licence as a result of a road traffic offence.
- The court endorsed his driving record with three penalty points for the drink-driving.
- 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.
4.To report (a symptom); to describe.
1.A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4056
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).