“endorses” is a form of
endorse
UK /ɪnˈdɔːs/ · US /ɪnˈdoɹs/ verb, noun
Forms endorses endorsing endorsed indorse endoce
- verb (transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement. “The president endorsed John Smith as senator.”
- verb (transitive) 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.
- verb (transitive, UK, law) To give notice of something in a document. “The court endorsed his driving record with three penalty points for the drink-driving.”
- verb (medicine, transitive) To report (a symptom); to describe.
- noun (heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
Synonyms
underwrite back indorse plump for plunk for support second certify
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”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’. Note that the alternative spelling indorse also uses the initial ‘i’ from Latin (in-, rather than en-), but this form is now rare.
Webster’s 1913
- verb Same as Indorse.
- noun A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
Etymology [Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See Dorsal, and cf. Indorse.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “endorse”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details