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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. i. To run or wind in and out to be cut or notched; to indent. --Heywood. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indenture n 1: a concave shape in a surface or edge or coastline etc [syn: {indentation}] 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}, {indent}] v : bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice
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