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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•dent1 /ɪnˈdɛnt/USA pronunciation v. - to set in from the margin: [~ + object]Indent the first line of a paragraph.[no object]You forgot to indent.
See -dent-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•dent1 (v. in dent′;n. in′dent, in dent′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to form deep recesses in:The sea indents the coast.
- to set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph.
- to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along an irregular line as a means of identification.
- to cut or tear the edge of (copies of a document) in an irregular way.
- to make toothlike notches in;
notch. - Lawto indenture, as an apprentice.
- British Termsto draw an order upon.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to order, as commodities.
v.i. - to form a recess.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to make out an order or requisition in duplicate.
- [Obs.]
- to draw upon a person or thing for something.
- to enter into an agreement by indenture;
make a compact.
n. - a toothlike notch or deep recess;
indentation. - an indention.
- Lawan indenture.
- American Historya 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.
- British Terms, Militarya requisition for stores.
- Medieval Latin indentātus, equivalent. to Latin in- in-2 + dentātus dentate; see -ed2
- 1350–1400; Middle English; back formation from indented having toothlike notches, Middle English
- to dent;
press in so as to form a dent:to indent a pattern on metal. - to make or form a dent in:The wooden stairs had been indented by horses' hooves.
n. - a dent.
- 1300–50; Middle English; see in-2, dent1
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