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   In·dent

   verb

   • 1. start (a line of text) or position (a block of text, table, etc.) further from the margin than the main part of the text: "type a paragraph of text and indent the first line" Similar move to the rightmove further from the marginstart in from the margin
   • 2. form deep recesses or notches in (a line or surface): "a coastline indented by many fjords" Similar notchnickmake an indentation inmake notches/nicks inscallopserratepinkcutscratchgashslitsnickgougegroovefurrowdentmarkscoreincisecarveengravedeboss
   • 3. make a requisition or written order for something: British "we were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days" Similar orderput in an order forrequisitionapply forput in forrequestput in a request forask forclaimput in a claim forcall fordemand
   • 4. divide (a document drawn up in duplicate) into its two copies with a zigzag line, thus ensuring identification. historical
   • ▪ draw up (a legal document) in exact duplicate.

   noun

   • 1. a space left by indenting a line or block of text.
   • 2. an indentation: "every indent in the coastline"
   • 3. an official order or requisition for specified goods or stores. British
   • 4. an indenture.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘give a zigzag outline to, divide by a zigzag line’): from Anglo-Norman French endenter or medieval Latin indentare, from en-, in- ‘into’ + Latin dens, dent- ‘tooth’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. indentor noun

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