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Word: Endorse
Speech Type: Verb
late 15th century (in the sense ‘write on the back of’; formerly also as indorse): from medieval Latin indorsare, from Latin in- ‘in, on’ + dorsum ‘back’
ɪnˈdɔːs
ɛnˈdɔːs
declare one's public approval or support of
Short Definition:declare support for
Examples:- the report was endorsed by the college
sign (a cheque or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it.
Short Definition:sign back of cheque
(in the UK) mark (a driving licence) with the penalty points given as a punishment for a driving offence
Short Definition:mark driving licence with penalty points
Examples:- his licence was endorsed with five points
- she's had her licence endorsed
(in South Africa under apartheid) order a black person to leave an urban area for failing to meet certain requirements of the Native Laws Amendment Act
Short Definition:order to leave urban area
Examples:- a further 500,000 had been endorsed out of urban areas under the pass laws
- indorse
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