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Thesaurus: indorse

To cover the back of; to load or burden.

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  1. v. t. To cover the back of; to load or burden.
  2. v. t. To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.
  3. v. t. To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.).
  4. v. t. To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.
  5. v. be behind; approve of
  6. v. give support or one's approval to
  7. v. guarantee as meeting a certain standard
  8. v. sign as evidence of legal transfer
  9. To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the backof (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure thepayment of a
  10. v be behind; approve of v give support or one's approval to v guarantee as meeting a certain standard v sign as evidence of legal transfer