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endorse
1381, from O.Fr.
endosser,
lit. "to put on back," from
en-
"put on" +
dos
"back," from L.
dossum,
var. of
dorsum.
Sense of "confirm, approve" (by signing on the back) is first recorded in Eng. 1847. Assimilated in form to M.L.
indorsare
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