Endorse vs Arcane - What's the difference?
endorse | arcane |
To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
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.
To give an endorsement.
(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
English words prefixed with en-
Understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
* 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
As a verb endorse
is to support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.As a noun endorse
is a diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.As an adjective arcane is
understood by only a few; obscure; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.endorse
English
(Endorsement)Alternative forms
* indorseVerb
Derived terms
* disendorse * endorsementNoun
(en noun)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 (term).References
arcane
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane' knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.
