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Indent   /ɪndˈɛnt/   Listen
noun
Indent  n.  
1.
A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
2.
A stamp; an impression. (Obs.)
3.
A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
4.
(Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. (India)


verb
Indent  v. t.  (past & past part. indented; pres. part. indenting)  
1.
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
2.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
3.
To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
4.
(Print.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.
5.
(Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. (India)


Indent  v. i.  
1.
To be cut, notched, or dented.
2.
To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
3.
To contract; to bargain or covenant. "To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty."





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"Indent" Quotes from Famous Books



... and turned to secular uses, but firm as of old, and good for a century to come. All round is a world of lumber, and rafts of vast extent cover the face of the waters in the ample cove,—one of many that indent the shore of the St. Lawrence. A careless village straggles along the roadside and the river's margin; huge lumber-ships are loading for Europe in the stream; a town shines out of the woods on the opposite shore; nothing but a friendly climate ...
— A Chance Acquaintance • W. D. Howells
... extra blank line in a quoted paragraph, for example). Most notably, the "Hints Concerning Public Education" is an essay by Priestley quoted verbatim in the text. The original layout did not make a clear distinction between Smith's text and this quoted essay; I have remedied this with an indent for ...
— Priestley in America - 1794-1804 • Edgar F. Smith
... day or two later. "The Old Man wants to see us all at orderly-room for a private interview—he's got to make a return showing whether his officers have got jobs waiting for them, if not, why not, and please indent at once to make good ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 5, 1919 • Various
... den'tifrice (Lat. v. frica're, to rub); den'tist; denti'tion (Lat. n. denti'tio, a cutting of the teeth); eden'tate (Lat. adj. edenta'tus, toothless); indent'; indent'ure; tri'dent (Lat. adj. tres, three), Neptune's three-pronged scepter; dan'delion (Fr. dent-de-lion, the ...
— New Word-Analysis - Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words • William Swinton
... breakfast, preceded by a tot of rum, and as we continued our march to Mercatel songs and jokes filled the air. Arriving at Mercatel dog tired we slept for long. When we awakened it was to reorganise into four companies of two platoons each, indent for damaged and lost equipment and generally get ready to ...
— The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 • F.L. Morrison


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