indenture
noun
a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
had indentured
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past perfectof indenture.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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My father had indentured me as apprentice to his lawyer, and sooner than submit to the rule of this man--the evil genius of our family--I had taken flight.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
