en·dorse / enˈdôrs/ • v. [tr.] 1. declare one's public approval or support of: the report was endorsed by the college. ∎  recommend (a product) in an advertisement.2. sign (a check or bill of exchange) on the back as payee or to make it payable to someone other than the stated payee. ∎  (usu. be endorsed on) write (a comment) on the front or back of a document.DERIVATIVES: en·dors·a·ble adj.en·dors·er n.

endorse write, put one's signature, etc., on the back of XVI; (after endorsement ratification XVII) confirm, countenance XIX. — medL. indorsāre, f. IN-1 + L. dorsum back.

ENDORSE

To sign a paper or document, thereby making it possible for the rights represented therein to pass to another individual. Also spelled indorse.