Word.ws English Dictionary

indenturing

indenturing is the present participle and gerund of indenture.

Meaning of indenture

Verb

indenture (third-person singular simple present indentures, present participle indenturing, simple past and past participle indentured)

  1. To bind a person under such a contract.
  2. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
    • Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

See all 6 meanings of indenture

Questions about indenturing

What is indenturing the present participle and gerund of?
Indenturing is the present participle and gerund of indenture.

Words near indenturing in the dictionary

  1. indenturer
  2. indenturers
  3. indentures
  4. indentureship
  5. indentureships
  6. indenturing
  7. indentwise
  8. indenumerable
  9. indenyl
  10. indenylidene
  11. indenylidenes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: indenturing (page history and authors); indenture (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “indenturing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/indenturing. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.