INDENTED

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I(1) N(1) D(2) E(1) N(1) T(1) E(1) D(2)

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Definition

verb

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
“to indent the edge of paper”
To be cut, notched, or dented.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
“indent a smooth surface with a hammer”
To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.

adjective

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
“a heavily indented coastline”
Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
“an indented border or ordinary”
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
“an indented servant”
Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.