INDENT

indentation, indention, indent, indenture

(noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

indent

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

indenture, indent

(verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; “an indentured servant”

indent

(verb) notch the edge of or make jagged

indent, dent

(verb) make a depression into; “The bicycle dented my car”

indent

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

indent

(verb) set in from the margin; “Indent the paragraphs of a letter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

indent (plural indents)

A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

A stamp; an impression.

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.

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

Verb

indent (third-person singular simple present indents, present participle indenting, simple past and past participle indented)

(transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth

(intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.

To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress

(historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.

(intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.

(transitive, obsolete) To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.

(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.

(obsolete, intransitive) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

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

Antonyms

• unindent

• outdent

Anagrams

• dentin, intend, tinned

Source: Wiktionary

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In*dent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indented; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenting.] Etym: [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF. endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Indenture.]

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. Etym: [Cf. Indenture.]

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India] Wilhelm.

In*dent", 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. Shak. To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. South.

In*dent", n.

1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch. Shak.

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. D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.

4. (Mil.)

Definition: A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India] Wilhelm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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