indentare

indentare [ML; cf. OF endenter, ME endenten] 1 to make indentations in (something). dentyn or yndentyn, ~o PP; indentyd, ~atus Ib.. 2 (p. ppl. ~atus) (of jewel) set, mounted, (of object) set or decorated with. 1245 baculus ‥ cum pomello de ebore subtus ~atus ebore et cornu Invent. S. Paul. 472. 3 (her., ~atus) indented, divided by a zigzag line. cavendum est quia quedam sunt arma quarteriata ~ata et quedam inbatellata. ~ata sunt semper quarteriata ‥ et portat sic qui habet ~ata arma, G. il port quartele endentie d’argent et sable Bad. Aur. 128; arma ‥ quarteriata ~ata ‥ vocantur ~ata quia duo colores, unus viz. in alium, invehuntur ad modum dentium humanarum [sic but note that the accompanying illustration shows arms blazoned quarterly embattled] Upton 225. 4 (leg.) to make a written agreement or contract (with); b (pass., w. ref. to agreement) to be drawn up in the form of an indenture (also impers.). c (p. ppl. ~atus, of document) indented, made in the manner of an indenture, i. e. agreement or sim. written in duplicate (triplicate etc.) on one sheet of parchment and then cut apart along a zigzag line, so that each party retained one copy which could be authenticated by matching its serrated edge with that of another copy. 1430 nullatenus pro se et dictis suis familiaribus ~arunt (PS War.) Great Seal 86; 1488 generosi de comitatu Kancie ‥ ~abunt cum domino rege de producendo certum numerum armatorum SelC Council Hen. VII 16.  b 1292 sumetur unusquisque liber ‥ largo precio, ut habens illum magis timeat ipsum perdere, et ~etur, cujus una pars sit in communi custodia et alia cum socio habente ipsum MunAcOx 58; 1432 volo quod tenementum meum apud M. integre remaneat ad G. P. nepotem meum ‥ cum condicione obligatoria ~anda quod ‥ Reg. Cant. II 491; 1449 ita quod quilibet capellanus ‥ res, bona, et utensilia memorata ad manus ‥ subthesaurarii ecclesie Ebor’ et sacriste monasterii beate Marie Ebor’ ‥ per cedulam inter eos ~atam et eorum sigillis alternatim sigillatam recipiat Test. Ebor. II 150.  c quorum presentaciones fiant dupplicate in modum cirographorum ~ate quarum pars [? l. partes] sigillis suis appensis dictis inquisitoribus liberentur, quarum pars una penes eos inquisitores remanebit et alia xij juratoribus liberetur Fleta 21; 1290 una pars istius scripti ~ati remanet ‥ inter memoranda ejusdem scaccarii (LTR Mem 61 r. 5) SelCKB I clx; s1294 fecerunt super hoc duo inventaria ~ata, quorum una pars residebat penes abbatem ‥ signata sigillis assignati domini regis et vicecomitis, ‥ et altera pars penes dictos assignatum regis et vicecomitis, assignata sigillis abbatis vel prioris B. Cotton HA 238; 1313 in cujus rei testimonium presenti scripto tripartito ~ato sigilla nostra communia apposuimus una cum sigillo domini prioris Collect. Ox. II 264; 1349 R. M. per cartam simplicem huic indenture ~atam dedit (Ch.) Nomolexicon (v. simplex); 1368 carta mea ~ata Cart. Hosp. Essex 58; huic carte ~ate sigilla nostra alternatim apposuimus Ib; juratores presentabunt veredictum suum ~atum, cujus una pars remanebit aldermanno et altera Warde MGL I 37; 1369 cedula predicta non est ~ata nec de forma finium SelCKB VI 161; 1444 per facta sua tripartita et ~ata Paston Let. 12 p. 24.