2022-02-27
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - endorse & indorse
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง endorse = “en-DAWRS”
ออกเสียง indorse = “in-DAWRS”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
endorse & indorse
Both of these words are in standard use,
althoughendorseis generally preferred.
Each has two primary meaning:
(1) “to support or approve” (Pleaseendorse my campaign); and
(2) “to write one’s signature” (Please endorse this check).
The second syllable, dorse, means “back,”
is a wordy, unacceptable phrase.
If you are fortunate enough to receive a check,
write your name on it or endorse it,
but don’t “endorse it on the back.”
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the Right Synonym for endorse
Approve, Endorse, Sanction, Accredit, Certify
mean to have or express a favorable opinion of.
Approveoften implies no more than this but may suggest considerable esteem or admiration.
the parents approve of the marriage
Endorsesuggests an explicit statement of support.
publicly endorsed her for Senator
Sanctionimplies both approval and authorization.
the President sanctioned covert operations
Accredit and Certify usually imply official endorsement attesting to conformity to set standards.
the board voted to accredit the college
must be certified to teach
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Word History
What Does it Mean to "Endorse" a Presidential Candidate?
And how does it relate to "endorsing" a check?
In presidential election years, certain words pop up in our lookup data, words that get dusted off for a short while before receding from the news, put back in the closet until we need them again—words like caucus, presumptive, and, oh yes: electoral college.
Terms that exhibit short spikes of interest are often
either common terms used in an unusual way or
—as with these—unusual terms used so frequently
as to become briefly common.
Although "endorse" has been used in English for more than 600 years,
the figurative meaning “to approve openly” is much more modern
But some words that do the hard work year in and year out
seem to pass without notice.
They are frequently used but periodically have special significance
or specific meanings.
In election years, endorse is such a word.
It carries a lot of meaning on its back, and for good reason:
it comes from the Latin word dorsum, meaning “back.”
Dorsum is the root of dorsal, meaning “relating to or situated near
or on the back especially of an animal,” as in dorsal fin.
That literal meaning of “on the back” is also the origin of endorse,
which meant “to write on the back of a document”
in texts going back to before 1400.
This could be simply a signature (as in “endorsing a check”),
or it could be a more elaborate note
such as approvalof a promotion in the military
or a specific notation of a driving violation on one’s license.
The figurative meaning “to approve openly”
or “to express support or approval of openly and definitely”
is much more modern, dating to the 1800s.
An early use makes reference to the nominating convention of the Democratic Party in 1844, but could easily be imagined as a line from election coverage today; only the names would change:
Endorse wasn’t initially only used in political contexts;
an early use by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1847,
cited in the Oxford English Dictionary,
shows that it also had a much broader meaning,
referring to ideas and authors
rather than specific political parties or candidates:
This book of Montaigne the world has endorsed,
by translating it into all tongues.
Endorsement followed endorse into the language in the mid-1500s.
With its origins on binding legal documents at a time
when the written word was precious
and the tradition of written laws was being established in England,
endorse has retained its strong meaning:
putting your name behind a candidate
means, figuratively,
carrying that candidate’srecord, reputation, and actions on your back.
