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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDENT'URE,n. A writing containing a contract. Indentures are generally duplicates, laid together and indented, so that the two papers or parchments correspond to each other. But indenting is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures.
INDENT'URE, v.t. To indent; to bind by indentures; as, to indenture an apprentice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) [syn: indentation, indenture]
2: formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
3: a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
4: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: indentation, indention, indent, indenture] v
1: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: indenture, indent]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English endenture, from Anglo-French, from endenter Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a document or a section of a document that is indented (2) a formal or official document usually executed in two or more copies (3) a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time — often used in plural b. a formal certificate (as an inventory or voucher) prepared for purposes of control c. a document stating the terms under which a security (as a bond) is issued 2. indentation 1 3. [indent (III)] dent II. transitive verb (indentured; indenturing) Date: 1676 to bind (as an apprentice) by or as if by indentures

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an indented document (see INDENT(1) v. 2). 2 a sealed agreement or contract (usu. in pl.). 3 a formal list, certificate, etc. --v.tr. hist. bind (a person) by indentures, esp. as an apprentice. Derivatives: indentureship n. Etymology: ME (orig. Sc.) f. AF endenture (as INDENT(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indenture In*den"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indentured; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenturing.] 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. --Woty. 2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indenture In*den"ture, v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. --Heywood.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indenture In*den"ture (?; 135), n. [OE. endenture, OF. endenture, LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. See Indent.] 1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented. 2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Written contract, document, instrument, legal instrument. 2. Indented state, indentation. II. v. a. Indent, bind by indenture.

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