Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of indorsing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Indorsement.
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- noun Scotland An
endorsement .
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Examples
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I felt this very trite but melancholy truth in all its force the other day, when a packet with a black seal arrived, containing a letter addressed to me by my late excellent friend Mrs. Martha Bethune Baliol, and marked with the fatal indorsation, “To be delivered according to address, after I shall be no more.”
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Both have abandoned enquire for inquire, but they remain faithful to encumbrance, endorse and enclose, though they list indorsation and the Oxford also gives indorsee.
Chapter 8. American Spelling. 3. The Advance of American Spelling Henry Louis 1921
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Mr. Woodhouse's objections to the marriage of his daughter are overpowered by the fears of house-breakers, and the comfort which he hopes to derive from having a stout son-in-law resident in the family; and the facile affections of Harriet Smith are transferred, like a bank bill by indorsation, to her former suitor, the honest farmer, who had obtained a favourable opportunity of renewing his addresses.
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
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This hearty indorsation clinched the proposal; Johnson agreed to produce Nares before six the following morning; and Black Tom, being called into the consultation, promised us four smart hands for the same hour, and even (what appeared to all of us excessive) promised them sober.
The Wrecker 1898
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The children of the village venerate him for his gentility, but wonder also at him for a gentle indorsation of the person, not amounting to a hump, or, if one, then like that of the buffalo, and coronative of as mild qualities.
Charles Lamb Cornwall, Barry 1866
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The children of the village venerate him for his gentility, but wonder also at him for a gentle indorsation of the person, not amounting to a hump, or, if one, then like that of the buffalo, and coronative of as mild qualities.
Charles Lamb Barry Cornwall 1830
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[27] Scott's indorsation of this letter is characteristic -- "Prodigious, bold request, Tom Thumb."
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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