Definition of indent

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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..

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Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores..
Indent :: 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 :: Indent (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper..
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Deed Poll :: Deed poll () A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant..
Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Retuse :: Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf..
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.
Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..
Dented :: Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.
Subdepartment :: Subdented (a.) Indented beneath.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..
Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..
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