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- Indent - v. t. - To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
- Indent - 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.
- Indent - 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.
- Indent - 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.
- Indent - v. t. - To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
- Indent - v. i. - To be cut, notched, or dented.
- Indent - v. i. - To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
- Indent - v. i. - To contract; to bargain or covenant.
- Indent - n. - A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
- Indent - n. - A stamp; an impression.
- Indent - 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.
- Indent - n. - A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
- Indentation - n. - The act of indenting or state of being indented.
- Indentation - n. - A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
- Indentation - n. - A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- Indentation - n. - The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
- Indentation - n. - The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
- Indented - imp. & p. p. - of Indent
- Indented - a. - Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
- Indented - a. - Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
- Indented - a. - Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
- Indented - a. - Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.
- Indented - a. - Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.
- Indentedly - adv. - With indentations.
- Indenting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Indent
- Indent - 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.
- Indent - v. t. - To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
- Engrail - v. t. - To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
- Indent - 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.
- Indent - 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.