endorse

Endorse is defined as to give your approval to someone or something or to authorize the payment of a document by signing with one's signature.

(verb)

An example of endorse is Tiger Woods saying he drinks Gatorade.
An example of endorse is someone signing the back of a check made out to them before depositing it into their bank account.

See endorse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb endorsed, endorsing

to write on the back of (a document); specif.,
1. to sign (one's name) as payee on the back of (a check, money order, etc.)
2. to make (a check, etc.) payable to another person by thus signing one's name and specifying the payee
to write a note, title, etc. on (a document)
1. to give approval to; support; sanction: to endorse a candidate
2. to state, as in an advertisement, that one approves of (a product, service, etc.), often in return for a fee

Origin: altered (after L) < ME endosen < OFr endosser < ML indorsare < L in, on, upon + dorsum, the back

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See endorse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb en·dorsed also in·dorsed, en·dors·ing also in·dors·ing, en·dors·es also in·dors·es

To write one's signature on the back of (a check, for example) as evidence of the legal transfer of its ownership, especially in return for the cash or credit indicated on its face.
To place (one's signature), as on a contract, to indicate approval of its contents or terms.
To acknowledge (receipt of payment) by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument.
To give approval of or support to, especially by public statement; sanction: endorse a political candidate. See Synonyms at approve.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English endosen

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman endosser

Origin: , from Medieval Latin indorsāre

Origin: : Latin in-, upon, in; see en-¹

Origin: + Latin dorsum, back

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