different between vouch vs endorse

English

Etymology

From Middle English vouchen, that borrowed from Old French voucher, from Latin voc?re, present active infinitive of voc?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?

Verb

vouch (third-person singular simple present vouches, present participle vouching, simple past and past participle vouched)

1. To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
2. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations

   Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch

   • October 28, 1705, Francis Atterbury, a sermon

     They made him ashamed first to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
3. To back; to support; to confirm.
4. To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
5. (obsolete) To call; to summon.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

     [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.

6. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
7. To call as a witness.
8. To assert; to aver; to declare.

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Related terms

• avouch

Translations

Noun

vouch (plural vouches)

1. Warrant; attestation.

English

Alternative forms

• indorse

Etymology

Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’. Note that the alternative spelling indorse also uses the initial ‘i’ from Latin (in-, rather than en-), but this form is now rare.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d??s/, /?n?d??s/
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?n?d??s/

Verb

endorse (third-person singular simple present endorses, present participle endorsing, simple past and past participle endorsed)

1. To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
2. To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
3. To give an endorsement.
4. (medicine) To report (a symptom); to describe.

Derived terms

• disendorse
• endorsement

Related terms

• dorsal

Translations

Noun

endorse (plural endorses)

1. (heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.

Usage notes

When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a pallet when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale. The term endorse is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider pale. Diminutive stripes flanking other ordinaries are termed cottises.

Related terms

• endorsed

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References

Anagrams

• Edensor