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Endorse
En-dorse′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Endorsed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Endorsing
.] [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
.] Same as
Indorse
. ☞ Both endorse and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.
En-dorse′
,Noun.
(Her.)
A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).