INDORSE

endorse, indorse

(verb) sign as evidence of legal transfer; “endorse cheques”

certify, endorse, indorse

(verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard; “certified grade AAA meat”

back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

(verb) be behind; approve of; “He plumped for the Labor Party”; “I backed Kennedy in 1960”

second, back, endorse, indorse

(verb) give support or one’s approval to; “I’ll second that motion”; “I can’t back this plan”; “endorse a new project”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

indorse (third-person singular simple present indorses, present participle indorsing, simple past and past participle indorsed)

(British, India, rare) Alternative form of endorse

Anagrams

• ordines, ride-ons, rosined, siredon, sordine

Source: Wiktionary


In*dorse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indorsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Indorsing.] Etym: [LL. indorsare. See Endorse.] [Written also endorse.]

1. To cover the back of; to load or burden. [Obs.] Elephants indorsed with towers. Milton.

2. To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.

3. (Law & Com.)

Definition: To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a

4. To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion. To indorse in blank, to write one's name on the back of a note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the holder.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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