indented

verb

Meaning

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
To be cut, notched, or dented.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
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.
To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
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.
Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

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