4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Indent  \In*dent"\,  v.  i. 
  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.  --Shak. 
 
  To  indent  and  drive  bargains  with  the  Almighty. 
  --South. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Indent  \In*dent"\,  n. 
  1.  A  cut  or  notch  in  the  man  gin  of  anything  or  a  recess 
  like  a  notch.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  A  stamp;  an  impression.  [Obs.] 
 
  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.  (Mil.)  A  requisition  or  order  for  supplies,  sent  to  the 
  commissariat  of  an  army.  [India]  --Wilhelm. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Indent  \In*dent"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Indented};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Indenting}.]  [OE.  endenten  to  notch,  fit  in  OF 
  endenter  LL  indentare,  fr  L.  in  +  dens,  dentis,  tooth.  See 
  {Tooth},  and  cf  {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.  [Cf.  {Indenture}.]  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.  (Print.)  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.  (Mil.)  To  make  an  order  upon  to  draw  upon  as  for 
  military  stores.  [India]  --Wilhelm. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  indent 
  n  1:  (British)  an  order  for  goods  to  be  exported  or  imported 
  2:  the  space  left  between  the  margin  and  the  start  of  an 
  indented  line  [syn:  {indentation},  {indenture}] 
  v  1:  press  into  servitude 
  2:  cut  into  sections,  as  for  authentication 
  3:  make  a  dent  into  [syn:  {dent}] 
  4:  notch  the  edge  of 

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