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in•dent

v. [[t]ɪnˈdɛnt[/t]] n. [[t]also ˈɪn dɛnt[/t]] v. t.

1) to form notches in the edge of:

Waves indented the beach[/ex]

2) to set in from the margin:

Indent the first line of a paragraph[/ex]

3) to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along an irregular line as a means of identification

4) to cut the edge of (copies of a document) in an irregular way

5) brit. Chiefly Brit. to order by official requisition

6) to form an indentation

7) Obs.

to enter into an agreement

8) a toothlike notch or recess

9) an indention

10) amh. a certificate issued by a state or the federal government at the close of the Revolutionary War for the principal or interest due on the public debt

11) brit. mil Brit. a requisition for stores

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Etymology: 1350–1400; back formation from indented having toothlike notches, ME < ML indentātus= L in- in-+dentātus toothed in•dent′er, n. II

in•dent

v. [[t]ɪnˈdɛnt[/t]] n. [[t]also ˈɪn dɛnt[/t]] v. t.

1) to press in so as to form a dent

2) to form a dent in

3) dent I