the act of indenting, or state of being indented.-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.-to indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.-to bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.-to run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.