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Endorse   /ɛndˈɔrs/   Listen
Endorse

verb
(past & past part. endorsed; pres. part. endorsing)
1.
Be behind; approve of.  Synonyms: back, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support.  "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
2.
Give support or one's approval to.  Synonyms: back, indorse, second.  "I can't back this plan" , "Endorse a new project"
3.
Guarantee as meeting a certain standard.  Synonyms: certify, indorse.
4.
Sign as evidence of legal transfer.  Synonym: indorse.



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"Endorse" Quotes from Famous Books



... opinion the married men present were not prepared to endorse, and one or two minor arguments and lectures ensued anent a woman's ...
— A Bride of the Plains • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... however, did not endorse Mr Brandram's view as to Borrow continuing in Spain, and further, they did "not see it right," the secretary wrote (6th August), "after the confidential communication in which you have been in with the Government, ...
— The Life of George Borrow • Herbert Jenkins

... very well endorse the breach of faith legend. He knew that the engagement about the delivery of arms was reciprocal, and that, as France had failed to ratify it on her part, King Constantine rightly considered himself free from all obligations on his part. He also knew that, far from being lured into ...
— Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 • G. F. Abbott

... Madame la Marechale I shall not think myself successful," replied the cousin; "but they are all beginning to wish for it.—This morning I went to Victorin's—I forgot to tell you.—The young Hulots have bought up their father's notes of hand given to Vauvinet, and to-morrow they will endorse a bill for seventy-two thousand francs at five per cent, payable in three years, and secured by a mortgage on their house. So the young people are in straits for three years; they can raise no more ...
— Cousin Betty • Honore de Balzac

... the War were wickedly engaged in doing all sorts of damage to the country, appalling to contemplate. But since the War began they are doing what they can to retrieve a lurid past, and we believe that History (our intimate colleague who waits to endorse at a later stage the views expressed in these columns) will pronounce that they have displayed ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 • Various


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