v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indorsed p. pr. & vb. n. Indorsing. ] [ LL. indorsare. See Endorse. ] [ Written also endorse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover the back of; to load or burden. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Elephants indorsed with towers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law & Com.) 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 note, 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.). [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

To indorse in blank, to write one's name on the back of a note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) See Addorsed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Indorse; cf. Endorsement. ] [ Written also endorsement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred. Story. Byles. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blank indorsement. See under Blank.

{ } n. The person who indorses. [ Written also endorser. ] [ 1913 Webster ]