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(1):

(v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

(2):

(n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

(5):

(v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.