INDENTED

Verb

indented

simple past tense and past participle of indent

Adjective

indented (comparative more indented, superlative most indented)

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.

(heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.

Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.

(zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

Synonyms

• (cut in the edge into points): erose, serrated; see also notched

Anagrams

• detinned, intended

Source: Wiktionary

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In*dent"ed, a.

1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. Milton. Shak.

3. (Her.)

Definition: Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.

4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds. Indented line (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving a flanking fire along the front of the next.

INDENT

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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