INDORSE

vt to cover the back of; to load or burden.

2. indorse ·vt to write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.

3. indorse ·vt to give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.

4. indorse ·vt 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 /ote, 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. ).