INDENT
\ˌɪndˈɛnt], \ˌɪndˈɛnt], \ˌɪ_n_d_ˈɛ_n_t]\
Definitions of INDENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
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notch the edge of or make jagged
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cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents"
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an order for goods to be exported or imported
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make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"
By Princeton University
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the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
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(British) an order for goods to be exported or imported
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notch the edge of or make jagged
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cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
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To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
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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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To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
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To be cut, notched, or dented.
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To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
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To contract; to bargain or covenant.
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A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
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A stamp; an impression.
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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.
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A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
By Oddity Software
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To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
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To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
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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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To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
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To be cut, notched, or dented.
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To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
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To contract; to bargain or covenant.
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A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
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A stamp; an impression.
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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.
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A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
By Noah Webster.
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To make a depression in; cut into points like teeth; in printing or writing, to begin (a line) with a blank space; notch; bind out to service by a written agreement, as an apprentice.
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Indented.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cut into points like teeth: to notch: (print.) to begin further in from the margin than the rest of a paragraph.
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A cut or notch in the margin: a recess like a notch.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A notch in the margin of anything; an indentation; an indented certificate.
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To notch; to cut on the edge into points like teeth; to bind by indenture; to begin further in from the margin than the rest of a paragraph.
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To be notched; to run in and out; to bargain.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Thomas Sheridan
