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endossing

endossing is the present participle and gerund of endoss.

Meaning of endoss

Verb

endoss (third-person singular simple present endosses, present participle endossing, simple past and past participle endossed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To write on the back of (a document); to endorse.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To inscribe; to depict on any surface.
    • he […] Gave me a shield, in which he did endosse / His deare Redeemers badge upon the bosse […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about endossing

What is endossing the present participle and gerund of?
Endossing is the present participle and gerund of endoss.

Words near endossing in the dictionary

  1. endospory
  2. endoss
  3. endossed
  4. endosseous
  5. endosses
  6. endossing
  7. endostain
  8. endostapler
  9. endostaplers
  10. endostar
  11. endostatin

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