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A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch
To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts
To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something)

The Polanders indented with Henry, Duke of Anjou, their new-chosen king, to bring with him an hundred families of artificers into Poland.

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. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin
A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army
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
To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper
To begin a line with a given amount of white space, such as paragraph indentation to top
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
To add blank space at the beginning of a line of text, as this definition is indented from the left margin compared to the line above it
an order for goods to be exported or imported
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp
{i} notch, incision; depression, dent; indentation, blank space left between a margin and the beginning of a printed or written line; act of indenting a document; request for supplies (British)
The position of text in from the margin
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
A short line of type set to the right or left of the standard margin
an order for goods to be exported or imported notch the edge of or make jagged make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"
The distance between text boundaries and page margins Positive indents make the text area narrower than the space between margins Negative indents allow text to extend into the margins A paragraph can have left, right, and first-line indents
An integer that indicates the indentation from the left margin to the first character in the paragraph
A stamp; an impression
When you indent a line of writing, you start it further away from the edge of the paper than all the other lines. Indent the second line. to start a line of writing further towards the middle of the page than other lines (endenter, from dent )
A requisition for goods, enumerating conditions of the sale Acceptance of an indent by a seller constitutes his agreement to the conditions of the sale
to move the beginning of a line of text to the right You indent the first line of each new paragraph Also, the second line of a reference entry must be indented
set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter
to set in from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph
A requisition for goods, enumerating conditions of the sale Acceptance constitutes agreement to the conditions of the sale
To be cut, notched, or dented
make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"
See Indentation, and Indention
To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant
To contract; to bargain or covenant
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
{f} make a notch, make an incision; form a deep recess; create a dent in; leave a blank space between a margin and the beginning of a printed or written line
an order for goods to be exported or imported notch the edge of or make jagged make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents" set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter
set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter"
To insert text in a recessed location within a document
This is where a line or sometimes whole paragraph of text starts with blank spaces
To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores
(in-dent) In writing, indent means to set back from one or both of the side margins of the page
notch the edge of or make jagged
to begin letters one or more spaces in from the left hand margin
The distance between text boundaries and page margins
cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents"
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