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Definition indent

Etymology

Partly from Middle English indenten (“to dent in”), equivalent to in- +‎ dent (see dent); partly from Middle English indenten, endenten, from Old French endenter (“to provide with teeth”), from en- (“in-, en-”) + dent (“tooth”), from Latin d?ns.

Noun

indent (plural indents)

  1. A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
  2. A stamp; an impression.
  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.
  4. A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

Verb

indent (third-person singular simple present indents, present participle indenting, simple past and past participle indented)

  1. (transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
  2. (intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
  3. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
  4. (historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
  5. (intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
  7. (typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
  8. (obsolete, intransitive) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
  9. (military, India, dated) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

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DENI 6
DENT 6
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DINE 6
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DITE 5
EDIT 5
NIDE 6
NINE 6
NITE 5
TEND 6
TIDE 5
TIED 5
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DEN 5
DIE 4
DIN 5
DIT 4
END 5
INN 5
NET 4
NIT 4
TED 4
TEN 4
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TIN 4
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DE 3
DI 3
ED 3
EN 3
ET 2
ID 3
IN 3
IT 2
NE 3
TI 2

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