Indent
Indent , transitive verb
[Old English endenten to notch, fit in, Old French endenter, Late Latin indentare, from Latin in + dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and compare Indenture.]
1.
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
2.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
3.
To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
4.
(Printing) 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.
5.
(Military) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India] — Wilhelm
Indent , intransitive verb
1.
To be cut, notched, or dented.
2.
To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
3.
To contract; to bargain or covenant. — Shakespeare
To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty.
Indent , noun
1.
A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch. — Shakespeare
2.
A stamp; an impression. [Obsolete]
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. — D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton
4.
(Military) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India] — Wilhelm