To indorse in blank
(gcide) | Indorse \In*dorse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indorsed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Indorsing.] [LL. indorsare. See Endorse.] [Written
also endorse.]
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1. To cover the back of; to load or burden. [Obs.]
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Elephants indorsed with towers. --Milton.
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2. To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as
a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.
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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.).
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4. To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by
approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.
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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.
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