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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDORSEMENT, n. indors'ment. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
1. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for payment,the return of an officer, or the verdict of a grand jury.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book" [syn: endorsement, indorsement, blurb]
2: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn: second, secondment, endorsement, indorsement]
3: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
4: a signature that validates something; "the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement" [syn: endorsement, indorsement]
5: the act of endorsing; "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements" [syn: endorsement, indorsement]

Merriam Webster's

variant of endorsement

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indorsement In*dorse"ment, n. [From Indorse; cf. Endorsement.] [Written also endorsement.] 1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument. 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. 3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct. Blank indorsement. See under Blank.