Indent

[ɪn'dent] or [ɪn'dɛnt]

Definition

(noun.) an order for goods to be exported or imported.

(verb.) notch the edge of or make jagged.

(verb.) make a depression into; 'The bicycle dented my car'.

(verb.) cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; 'indent the documents'.

(verb.) set in from the margin; 'Indent the paragraphs of a letter'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

(v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.

(v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

(v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented.

(v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

(v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.

(n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

(n.) A stamp; an impression.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Notch, jag, cut notches in.[2]. Indenture, bind by indenture.

Edited by Linda

Definition

v.t. to cut into points like teeth: to notch: to indenture apprentice: (print.) to begin farther in from the margin than the rest of a paragraph.—v.i. (Shak.) to move in a zigzag course: to bargain: to make a compact.—n. a cut or notch in the margin: a recess like a notch.—n. Indentā′tion a hollow or depression: act of indenting or notching: notch: recess.—pa.p. and adj. Indent′ed having indentations: serrated: zigzag.—ns. Inden′tion (print.) any space left before the beginning of lines as in poetry; Indent′ure the act of indenting indentation: (law) a deed under seal with mutual covenants where the edge is indented for future identification: a written agreement between two or more parties: a contract.—v.t. to bind by indentures: to indent.

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