Indorsing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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