INDORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indorse mean? 

• INDORSE (verb)
  The verb INDORSE has 4 senses:

1. be behind; approve of

2. give support or one's approval to

3. guarantee as meeting a certain standard

4. sign as evidence of legal transfer

  Familiarity information: INDORSE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDORSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they indorse    ... he / she / it indorses   
Past simple: indorsed   
Past participle: indorsed   
-ing form: indorsing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be behind; approve of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

back; endorse; indorse; plump for; plunk for; support

Context example:

I backed Kennedy in 1960

Hypernyms (to "indorse" is one way to...):

approve; O.K.; okay; sanction (give sanction to)

Verb group:

back; endorse; indorse; second (give support or one's approval to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "indorse"):

guarantee; warrant (stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of)

champion; defend (protect or fight for as a champion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

indorsement (the act of endorsing)

indorsement (a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give support or one's approval to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

back; endorse; indorse; second

Context example:

endorse a new project

Hypernyms (to "indorse" is one way to...):

back up; support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)

Verb group:

back; endorse; indorse; plump for; plunk for; support (be behind; approve of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

indorsement (a speech seconding a motion)

indorser (someone who expresses strong approval)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Guarantee as meeting a certain standard

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

certify; endorse; indorse

Context example:

certified grade AAA meat

Hypernyms (to "indorse" is one way to...):

guarantee; warrant (stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

indorsement (formal and explicit approval)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Sign as evidence of legal transfer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

endorse; indorse

Context example:

endorse cheques

Hypernyms (to "indorse" is one way to...):

sign (be engaged by a written agreement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "indorse"):

co-sign; cosign (sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan)

visa (provide (a passport) with a visa)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

indorsement (a signature that validates something)

indorser (a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security)

 Context examples 

From the pocket of his light summer overcoat protruded the bundle of indorsed papers which proclaimed his profession.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Saleeby and Haeckel indorsed and defended "The Shame of the Sun," for once finding themselves on the same side of a question.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

By some henidical process—henidical, by the way is a favorite word of mine which nobody understands—by some henidical process you persuade yourself that you believe in the competitive system and the survival of the strong, and at the same time you indorse with might and main all sorts of measures to shear the strength from the strong.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He had never been in a bank in his life, much less been in one on business, and he had a naive and childlike desire to walk into one of the big banks down in Oakland and fling down his indorsed check for forty dollars.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)