indenture 
2 in //mi. (ni\ A <lonil between two or more datlon of ministerial or clerical orders, and no officials so- 
U Hl. f (T) * '" '' m . r perlor to the laity and invested with administrative or 
parties with mutual covenants, having tne edge j^ dida | authority' am i from Presbyterianlsra by having 
indented for identification and security. Bee no gradation of couiis or represenUtlveJwdlM^poiiieiiMd 
liiiirntV, 11., '2. 
Their (the .lavuns'l Crisses or Daggers are two foote 
long, waned Indenture fashion. 
7'ior/irt.v, Pilgrimage, p. 542. 
of iugisfatfve and judicial functions. (See Independent, 
n and ctmyreyativtialitnn.) In iu extreme form it is the 
absolute freedom of the local church from external con- 
trol of any kind. Also independentism. 
The Leyden church Is the purest of Independency, alike 
In England and America. Encyc. Brit,, XII. "25. 
Independency is possible without Congregationalism. 
/;. 1C. Dak, Manual of Cong. Principles, p. 76. 
(i) Now, in general, a deed or sealed agreement ^^.^^8^ (i,,.de-pen'deut), a. and . [For- 
between two or more pai les. mer \y alsoindependemt; =F.independant = Sp. 
Each (derail should be cut or indented ... on the top 
or side, i" tally or correspond with the other; which deed 
no made is r:illnl :uj nut'-nturf. liladcitonf., Com., II. xx. 
It was a common clause in the indentures! of children 
apprenticed in Hereford that they should not be com- 
pelled to live on Salmon more than two days in a week. 
Quoted in Walturis Complete Angler, p. 126. 
Then, strongly fencing Ill-got wealth by law, 
Indentures, Cov'nants, Articles they draw. 
Pope, Satires of Donne, II 94. 
The sheriff is himself to bring up the names of the per- 
sons chosen and the writ, until by the statute of Henry IV. 
in 1408 the indenture tacked to the writ is declared to be 
the sheritfs return. Stubbs, Const Hist, I 419. 
indenture (in-den'tur), v. ; pret. and pp. inden- 
tured, ppr. indenturing. [< indenture, n.] I. 
trans. If. To indent; wrinkle; furrow. 
Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. 
Woly, Autumnal Song. 
2. To bind by indenture: as, to indenture an 
apprentice. 
I was suspected to be some runaway indentured servant 
Franklin, Autobiog., p. 37. 
Il.t intrans. To run in a zigzag course ; dou- 
ble in running. 
They took 
Their staves in hand, and at the good man strook ; 
But, by indenturing, still the good man scap'd. 
Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 134. 
indepartablet, [ME., < i-3 + departable.] 
Not to be parted ; indivisible. 
Thre persons in-departaole perpetuel were euere, 
Of o wyl, of o wit Piers Ploimnan (CX xlx. 27. 
IV. ntdriinidrnle = It. indi-pcndente, indipt-n- 
dente, < NL. "independents, not dependent, < 
indesert 
great political power at the time of the Long Parliament 
and the Commonwealth. 
3. [fnp. or I. .] la politics: (n) One who acts 
independently of any organized party ; one who 
opposes or supports measures or men on in- 
dependent grounds. 
When the Chicago convention was held, the Young Re- 
publicans of Massachusetts and the Independents ol Penn- 
sylvania joined with the scratchcrs of New York In send- 
ing a repreentatloii. The Kation, XXXV. 422. 
(6) One of an organized party assuming the 
name "Independent"; specifically, in V, S. 
linlitifg, a member of the party otherwise called 
the Greenback party. 
The ground being . . . cleared for the work of reform, 
in- priv. + dependents', dependent: see ile- the Independents propose in their resolutions to get rid 
pendent.] I. a. 1. Not dependent ; notrequir- of.-the gold ba faUacv,'' andlue paper money on "the 
(ng the support or not subject to the control or 
controlling influence of others ; not relying on 
others for direction or guidance ; not subordi- 
nate ; of things, not standing in a relation of de- 
pendence to something else : used absolutely or 
followed by of, formerly sometimes by on: as, a 
person's fortunes in life are quite independent of 
, 
faith and resources of the Government. " 
The Nation, XVIII. 888. 
ndependentedt (in-de-pen'den-ted), a. [< in- 
dependent + -ed?.] Governed by the principles 
of the Independents. 
The new titles or style of bodyed and congregated, asso- 
ciated or independenled, and new-fangled Churches. 
Up. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 43. 
the configuration of the planets at his nativity, inflependentism (in-de-pen'den-tizm), . [< 
rm._ . , c o._i i. . i.,...... ul .,,, ,..,,,,i.i!,.t tobmu. independent + -ism."] Same as independency, '2. 
The town of St. Gaul Is a Protestant republlck, indepen- 
drnt uf the abbot, and under the protection of the can- 
tons. Addisvn. 
Let us, for a moment, imagine the legislature of New 
York independent on that of Oreat Britain. 
A. Hamilton, Works, II. 55. 
I am independent, sir, as well as rich ; I am my own 
mistress. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxxvil. 
2. Not due to or connected with dependence ; 
pertaining to or permitting freedom of action ; 
free of control or restraint: as, an independent 
AnabaptlsmeorPresbyteru>me,or/ndpufcnn<, . . . 
rudely justled Episcopacy out of the Church of England. 
Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 684. 
independently (in-de-pen'dent-li), arfr. 1. In 
an independent manner; with independence. 
2. Apart from or without regard to something 
else: followed by of: as, independently of being 
safe, it is more beneficial. 
Dispose lights and shadows, without finishing every- 
Dryden. 
ree o conro or es , , ----- 
income, estate, or position ; independent action, thing independently the one of the other. 
Independently of the strength of its works, it ITarcnto) 
was rendered nearly inaccessible by its natural position. 
Pretcott, Ferd. and Isa., IL 10. 
Choosing rather far 
A dry but independent crust, hard eani'd. 
Cowper, Task, iv. 409. 
3. Not subject to bias or influence; self-di- independingt (in-de-pen'ding), a. [< - 
reeling. depending.] Not depending or dependent ; 
dependen(t-)s, independent: see independent.'] 
1 . The state of being independent ; exemption 
from dependence upon another or others, or 
from another's control; self-support or self- 
government. 
Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, 
as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our 
independence. Pope. 
We commonly say that the rich man can speak the truth, 
can afford honesty, can afford independence of opinion and 
action ; and that Is the theory of nobility. 
Emerson, Fanning. 
By independence we intend to set forth the negative side 
of sovereignty that Is, to deny that any other state has 
any right to interfere with the exercise of a state's rights 
and sovereign powers. Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, 87. 
2. That which renders one independent ; prop- 
erty or income sufficient to make one indepen- 
dent of others ; a competency. 
In old-fashioned times an independence was hardly ever 
made without a little miserliness as a condition. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, i 12. 
Declaration of Independence, in U. S. hitt., a document 
promulgated by the second Continental Congress, setting 
forth the reasons for severing the connection of the thir- 
teen colonies with Great Britain, and proclaiming their ex- 
istence as "free and independent states." The Declaration 
opens with a preamble In regard to human rights, recapltu- 
For a' that, an' a' that, 
His riband, star, an' a' that 
The man o' independent mind, 
He looks an' laughs at a' that 
Burn*, For A' That. 
dependent. 
These, therefore, being distinct and proper actions, do 
necessarily evince an tndepending and self-subsisting 
.,.', . //;/, Invisible World, 11. 1. 
depra- 
see 
deprave?] Undepraved; pure. 
O let these Wounds, these Woundes indeprauale, 
Be holy Sanctuaries for my whole Man. 
Davies, Holy Roode, p. 28. 
ndeprecable (in-dep're-ka-bl), a. [< L. iniie- 
precabilis, that cannot be averted by prayer, < 
in- priv. + deprecabilti (LL.), that may be en- 
treated: see deprecable.] Incapable of being 
manner. 5. Irrespective; exclusive; without 
taking note or notice : followed by of. 
A gradual change is also more beneficial, independent 
of its being more safe. Brougham. 
I mean the account of that obligation in general under 
which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, inde- 
pendent of those resources which the law provides for its 
own enforcement tt. Ward. 
6 [ca p.] Of or pertaining to the Independents deprecated. Coles, 1717. 
or Congregationalists ; belonging to the Inde- indeprehensiblet On-dep_-re- 
pendents. 
A very famons Independent minister was head of a col- 
lege in those times. Addison, Spectator. 
How had that man of God and exemplary Indepemlent 
minister. Mr. Ainsworth, of persecuted sanctity, conduct- 
ed himself when a similar occasion had befallen him at 
Amsterdam? George Eliot, Felix Holt, xv. 
7. In math., not depending upon another for 
, . * , -hen'si-bl), a. [< 
LL. iiideprehenxibilis, indiscoverable, < in- priv. 
+ *deprehensibilis, that can be seized: see dep- 
rehengible.] Incapable of being seized or appre- 
hended; incomprehensible. 
A case perplexed and indeprehentMe. 
Bp. Morton, Discharge of Imput, p. 174. 
[< (-3 + 
8. Having a competency; 
without labor ; well-to-do. 
As I am an idle personage, . . . and pay my bOl regu- 
larly every week, I am looked upon as the only indepen- 
It [the sovereign good] should not be transient nor de- 
rived from the will of others, nor in their power to take 
away; but be durable, self -derived, and . . . indeprirable. 
Harris, Happiness, I. 
lates the otfenses of the reigning king (George III. (toward , , . . 
the colonies, recounts the efforts made by them for recon- dent gentleman of the neighborhood \T>AKT <WdM-1 a and n PME "inder (in adv. 
dilation, and closes with a solemn assertion of indepen- trmng, Sketch-Book, p. 300. Ulder (m aerj, a. an< n. ^ L&- " <-' U" 
Functions Independent of a group of operations. 
a set of n functions such that none of the n operations of 
the group performed on any one of them gives another of 
dence. A resolution in favor of Independence was Intro- 
duced by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, June 7th, 1776, 
and after debate was referred to a committee of five. The 
chairman of this committee, Thomas Jetf erson, drafted the 
ii. i '1:11:11 inn. which was reported June 28th, debated from 
the 1st to the 3d of July, slightly modified, and, after con- 
siderable opposition, passed on July 4th by the votes of 12 
of the 13 colonial delegations (the New York delegation re- 
fusing to vote). The signatures of the members were af- 
nxed at different times. Independence day. Seedayi. 
Law of Independence. See lams of motion, under 
motion. =Syn. 1. Liberty, etc. See freedom. 
independency (iu-de-pen'den-si), . [As /<'<- 
lirndeiife: see -c#.] 1. Independence. 
To support the independency of the other powers of 
Europe. Goldsmith, Seven Years' War, i. 
There is no such thing as an absolute independency of 
antecedents. W. Sharp, D. G. Rossetti, p. 39. 
2. Ecelcs., the principle that the individual 
congregation or church is a society strictly 
needing another chord to form a resolution or completion 
of it Independent circuits, in math. See circuit.- 
Independent company, contractor, covenant. See 
the nouns. Independent drill, a machine-tool contain- 
ing four drills so arranged that each drill in turn may be 
used in forming the same hole. Seedri/H. Indepen- 
dent equations. See equation. Independent Evan- 
gelical Church of Neuchatel. See church. Indepen- 
dent party. Same as Greenback party (which see, un- 
der greenback). Independent treasury, variable, etc. 
See the nouns. = Syn. 6. Congregational, independent. See 
congregational. 
II. n. 1. One who acts with independence; 
one who acts in accordance with his own will, 
judgment, or conscience. 2. [cnp.]_ Seek*., 
one who maintains the principles of indepen- 
inderly),\ai. of enter, entire : see entire.] Lt 
Kntire. 
II. . A large quantity. [Prov. Eng.J 
dr. [ME., a var. of cnterly, entirely.] 
fully. 
For certeyne she was right inderly fayre, 
And, as the writeng makith remembraunce, 
Hull womanly of speche and countenaunce. 
Generydet (E. E. T. S.), L 875. 
Than whan sche wiste it indirly, 
Myn hope schulde be the more. 
Gotrer, MS. Soc. Antiq. 1S4, f. 74. (Ballimll.) 
indescribable (in-des-kri'ba-bl), . and n. [< 
t'ii-3 + describnble.] I. a. Not describable; in- 
capable of being described. 
II. n. pi. Trousers. [A humorous euphe- 
mism.] 
A pair of indcscribablet at most capacious dimensions. 
---- , . - f *- Didcens, Sketches (Greenwich Fair). 
voluntary and autonomous, standing directly dency, or the freedom of the local church from i n H escr n,ablv (in-des-kri'ba-bli), arfr. In an 
under the authority of Jesus Christ, living in external control; specifically, in England, a im i t , s( . r jk a i,ie manner; so as not to admit of 
immediate dependence on him, and responsi- name given to a Congregationalist. The Inde- ( i ps( ,rir(tion 
ble to Mm alone for its beliefs and acts as a pendents of England differ from the Consregatlonalists *. '. ,. ' ,;_/) vrin'riv') a IX - 3 + 
Christian society; specifically the principle. g^WJa^&TC3S *$5SSffi *%$*%& Dining 
of the Independents or English Congroga ion- ffi5SIiftSJSyM*?2-iiMhy*otti*.* ., jus/description. [Rare.] 
ahsts. as distinguished from those ol the C on- Ii8ll and America, bodies ; the use of the name lnde,im- iT1( i' _,-!. /:.. :^ . z /, rt ' ) r< , .3 + desert*.] 
U'reniitic-nalisls of the United States. Indepen- dent as a denominntional title is almost exi-lusively con- inae en ( m V ^ I 
dency it distinguished from Episcopacy bv having no gra- fined to Great Britain. The English Independents attained l*cl! 
