endorsed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of endorse.

   The committee endorsed the proposal after a long discussion.

   She endorsed the check before depositing it at the bank.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs: the past tense (the board endorsed her) and the participle after have or be (she has been endorsed). The passive is common in the narrower meanings: a check is endorsed on the back, and in UK usage a driving license is endorsed with penalty points. So "he had his license endorsed" reports a punishment, not approval.

2. 2
   adjective

   In heraldry, flanked on each side by an endorse: a narrow vertical band set parallel to a pale.

   Like a central column framed by two slim pillars, one on either side.

   The herald described the arms as a pale endorsed, with slender bands paralleling each edge.

   On the banner, a silver pale endorsed in red dominated the field.

   Note

   Blazon puts the term after what it qualifies: a pale endorsed, not an endorsed pale. The endorse is a diminutive of the pale and usually comes in pairs, one strip on each side. The adjective therefore names an arrangement rather than a quality, and nothing can be more or less endorsed. Keep it apart from the past tense of "approve", which shares the spelling and belongs to signatures and support.

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