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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Indent \In*dent"\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Indent \In*dent"\, verb (used without an object)

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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Indent \In*dent"\, noun

1. A cut or notch in the margin 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

indent

noun

1: 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}]

verb

1: set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter"

2: cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents"

3: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: {dent}]

4: notch the edge of or make jagged

5: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: {indenture}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

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