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▪ I. endorse, n.|ɛnˈdɔːs|
Also 6 endorce, 7 endors.
[app. f. endorse v.; but the reason for the name in sense 1 is obscure.]
1. Her. A vertical division of a shield, one-eighth (others say one fourth) of the breadth of a pale. According to some of the early writers, so called only when a pale is between two of them; but others deny this.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie 12 An Endorce..is the fourth parte of the Pallet. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry ii. iii. 33 The Pale..is divided again into the pallet, which is half the pale, and the Endors which is half the pallet. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Endorse..the eighth Part of a Pale. 1864Boutell Heraldry, Hist. & Pop. v. 23 A Pale between two Endorses is said to be endorsed.
†2. ? The reverse of a coin. Obs. rare—1.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 32/1 A Doller of Saxony..[had] on the Endorse two Mens Heads.
▪ II. endorse, indorse, v.|ɛn-, ɪnˈdɔːs|
Forms: α. 6 endorce, 7– endorse. β. 7 indorce, 6– indorse.
[Altered form of ME. endosse (see endoss), assimilated to the equivalent med.L. indorsāre f. in upon + dorsum back, which was used in law-books in sense 1; cf. the OF. gloss ‘indorso, endorseir’ cited by Godef.
Indorse is the form found in legal and statutory use, and in most political economists; it is also that approved in all American dictionaries; in English use, according to Bithell (Counting-house Dictionary, ed. 1893), ‘as to the forms Indorse and Endorse, practice appears to be entirely controlled by the taste of the writer’; but endorse is now almost universal in English commercial use. So with the derivatives except indorsation (which is now almost exclusively in Scotch use).]
I. To write on the back of something.
1. trans. To write on the back of (a document); to inscribe (words) on (the back of) a document.
a. In general sense: e.g. to inscribe (a document) on the back with words indicating the nature of its contents, one's opinion of its value, some extension or limitation of its provisions, etc.
b. Comm. To sign one's name on the back of (a bill, promissory note, or cheque).
c. to endorse (a sum of money) off: to write on the back of a bill, etc. a receipt for a portion of its amount.
A bill, cheque, etc. payable ‘to order’ must be ‘endorsed’ by the payee before it can be paid. If endorsed in blank (i.e. without the addition of words making it payable to a particular person), it becomes payable ‘to bearer’. Such documents may also be ‘endorsed’ by a subsequent holder, who thereby becomes responsible for their being paid (hence the fig. sense 2). Similarly, a bank note is often ‘endorsed’ to show that it has passed through the endorser's hands.
α [1381–1613see endoss.] 1581Lambarde Eiren. iv. vii. (1588) 518 He..should endorce his name upon the backside of it. 1601–2W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. 60 An obligation endorsed with this condition. 1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2144/4 A Note..for 400l. ..with 250l. Endorsed off. 1706Ibid. No. 4207/4 A Bill drawn by Mr. Henry Jones..endorsed by John Spurstow and Robert Sparke. 1788H. Walpole Remin. ix. 72 Sir Robert always carried them to George II, who endorsed and returned them. 1838Murray's Handbk N. Germ. Introd. 17 The traveller will naturally..not endorse them till he receives the money. 1865Morning Star 28 Jan., He would not now give the defendant the option of paying a fine, but would commit him for a month, and endorse that upon his licence. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. ii. (1876) 21 The bill may be subsequently endorsed by a firm of high character.
β1547Act 1 Edw. VI, c. 5 §5 The said Wardens shall cause the Number of the said Horses..to be indorsed..on the Back-side of the said Licence. 1592West Symbol. A iij, With & vpon condition thereupon indorsed for the true performance of the couenants. 1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2051/4 Those Gentlemen..are desired to Indorse their Names and Places of abode, on the backside of their Tickets. 1709Tatler No. 113 ⁋18 A bundle of letters..indorsed..‘Letters from the Old Gentleman.’ 1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. iii. ii, My friend Brush has indorsed it, and I thought..'twas the same as cash. 1822Scott Nigel x, Pointing out.. the royal warrant indorsed thereon. 1849J. W. Gilbart Banking (ed. 5) 20 All legal writers write indorse. 1866Crump Banking 122 On indorsing a bill or note to another person, care should be taken to spell the indorsee's name correctly. 1891Law Times XC. 409/1 The writ was indorsed with a claim for the removal of two of the trustees. 1893Law Times Rep. LXVIII. 441/1 A memorandum of that date was indorsed upon the indenture of the 6th Oct. 1887.
d. To make (a bill, note, cheque) payable to another person by endorsement. Also, to endorse over: to make over one's rights in (a bill, etc.) to another person; also fig.
1866Crump Banking 122 On endorsing a bill or note to another person, care should be taken, etc. 1873Burton Hist. Scot. VI. lxix. 162 They would not have the king indorse over to his bishops or anybody else the reverence which they submitted to be due to himself.
e. To make an entry of an offence on (a licence, e.g. of a publican or motorist).
1902Hansard Commons 30 Jan. 1436 The justices will not exercise the power given them of endorsing licenses, the effect of which, on the third endorsement, would be to deprive a man of the value of his license. 1970Oxford Times 18 Sept. 2/1 For driving without insurance, he was jailed for three months..and his licence was endorsed.
f. S. Afr. In pass. phr. to be endorsed out, of Blacks: to be moved away from an urban area by the authorities because one lacks certain endorsements in an identity pass (see quot. 1963).
1963Wilson & Mafeje Langa 2 A man is ‘endorsed out’ if he is without employment, and has not lived in Cape Town for at least fifteen years, or been with one employer for at least ten years; a woman if she is neither employed nor the wife of a man ‘exempted’. 1965Economist 7 Aug. p. viii/2 When they [sc. people of Transkai] lose jobs in the white towns..they are ‘endorsed out’ by officials. 1970Observer 19 Apr. 25/6 The rich African, too, can be sent to jail without a pass, or ‘endorsed out’ from the townships into the reserves. 1980J. Cock Maids & Madams 245 A woman living in an urban township may..be endorsed out if she is widowed or divorced.
2. fig.
a. To confirm, sanction, countenance, or vouch for (statements, opinions, acts, etc.; occasionally, persons), as by an endorsement. Chiefly mod.; but perhaps implied in the punning quot. a 1637, and in quot. 1633 in endorsement 2.
α [a1637B. Jonson To Earl Newcastle, Nay, so your seate his beauties did endorse As I began to wish myself a horse.] 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Montaigne Wks. (Bohn) I. 344 This book of Montaigne the world has endorsed, by translating it into all tongues. 1861Stanhope Pitt II. xxii. 404 Such were the statements of Mr. Fox, but is there at the present day even one man willing to endorse them? 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 67 Superstition does a little good by accidentally endorsing rational conclusions in one or two matters.
β1862Bright Sp. America 18 Dec., The majority were supposed to indorse the policy. 1880Carpenter in 19th Cent. No. 38. 599 This conclusion I unhesitatingly indorsed.
†b. To characterize, describe, entitle. (Cf. ticket, label.) Obs. rare.
1596Nashe Saffron Walden 161 He endorseth him the puling Preacher of Pax vobis & humilitie. c1645Howell Lett. iv. i. (R.) This perchance may be your policy, to endorse me your brothir.
c. To declare one's approval of, ‘crack up’ (a person or thing).
1914Concise Oxf. Dict., Endorse (vulgar in advertisements), declare one's belief in. 1914H. G. Wells Englishman looks at World vi. 61 Larkinism comes to endorse me since this was written. 1925Publishers' Weekly 26 Dec. 2013/1, I am told..that even the endorsing of articles by prominent stage-folk is now not so eagerly sought after by astute manufacturers. 1926Ibid. 20 Feb. 563 The New York Times, The New York Post,..and many others endorsed the book so highly that we are now setting it up ourselves. Ibid. 18 Sept. 960 From the standpoint of the man or woman who endorses college and college education. 1968Down Beat 7 Mar. 38/1 He didn't endorse any breakfast cereals.
II. To put something on the back. (Merely literary, and chiefly humorous or pedantic.)
3. a. To load the back of (an animal) with. b. To take (something) upon one's back. c. To pile (something) upon.
1671Milton P.R. iii. 329 Elephants indorsed with towers. 1808J. Barlow Columb. vi. 304 The freemen..Endorse their knapsacks. 1837Blackw. Mag. XLII. 111 The heads of camels ‘endorsed’ with human beings. 1839De Quincey Recoll. Lakes Wks. 1862 II. 98 Nightcaps, surmounted by handkerchiefs indorsed upon handkerchiefs.
4. a. To sit or ride on the back of (a horse). nonce-use (with pun on 2).
a1637[see 2]. a1845Hood To Bad Rider i, Why, Mr. Rider, why Your nag so ill indorse, man? ― Desert-Born, I cannot ride—there's something in a horse That I can always honour, but I never could endorse.
†b. To mount upon. Obs. rare—1.
1594Carew Tasso (1881) 63 The Painim troupe this while seekes to endorce, Defeated, flying, chac'd, the Citie wall.
III. 5. Her. In pa. pple. endorsed. a. = addorsed; ‘borne or set back to back’ (Porny). b. Of a pale: Placed between two endorses. c. Of wings: Thrown backwards
αc1500Sc. Poem Heraldry 131 ibid. 98 The ix regardand is; The x endorsit. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 42 Dors an Dors i.e. Backe to Backe or Endorsed. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. v. iii. 14 His armes to be Gules, charged with two lyons rampant endorsed Ore. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Endorsed, When two Lions are born rampant, and turning their Backs to each other, the Heralds say they are endorsed. 1850W. D. Cooper Winchelsea 161 A griffin passant, wings endorsed. 1864[see endorse n.].
β1611Cotgr., Addorsé, indorced; or, set backe to backe; a tearme of Blason. 1761Brit. Mag. II. 581 Crest. On a wreath, a gryphon's head couped..wings indorsed. |