Indorse

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 ]