to set in from the margin
creation verb (sewing, baking, painting, performing, etc.)
indented
indenting
indents
indent the paragraphs of a letter
Old French endenter "to notch or dent, give a serrated edge to", from Late Latin...
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to place (written or printed matter, etc) in from the margin, as at the beginning of a paragraph | to cut or tear (a document, especially a contract ... (27 of 601 words, 13 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciations)
A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch. | A stamp; an impression. | 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 ... (45 of 263 words, 12 definitions, 1 usage example)
To set (the first line of a paragraph, for example) in from the margin. | To cut or tear (a document with two or more copies) along an irregular line ... (29 of 228 words, 16 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to form deep recesses in. | to set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph. | to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along ... (29 of 227 words, 19 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
to cut toothlike points into (an edge or border); notch; also, to join by mating notches ; to make jagged or zigzag in outline | to sever (a written ... (28 of 227 words, 16 definitions, pronunciation)
several meanings: In computing, indent is a computer program that formats C programming language files with a particular indent style. See indent (Unix). | In television, an ident is a commercial for the own television station's programs. | An indent... (38 of 201 words, 7 definitions)
[transitive] : start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text | form deep recesses or ... (28 of 184 words, 9 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciations)
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make a dent or impression in (something) (7 of 22 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
an angular cut in an edge; "notch" ; a recess in a surface | the action of indenting; the condition of being indented | "dent" | "indention" ... (24 of 169 words, 4 definitions, pronunciation)
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to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that ... | to notch the edge of; make jagged | "indenture" | to set (as a line ... (27 of 147 words, 10 definitions, pronunciation)
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"indenture" [sense-specific] ; a certificate issued by the United States at ... | [British] an official requisition ; a purchase order for goods ... (22 of 66 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
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to force inward so as to form a depression | to form a dent in (14 of 39 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
[transitive] to start a line of writing or printing further from the edge of the page than the other lines | [transitive] to make a hole or mark in ... (28 of 71 words, 3 definitions, pronunciations)
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a space at the side of a page that is made by indenting a line | a hole or mark in the surface of something | [business, British] an official order ... (29 of 54 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
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to make a space in the edge or on the surface of something (13 of 33 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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to make an official request for goods (7 of 25 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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a space at the edge or on the surface of something (11 of 19 words, pronunciation)
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an official request for goods (5 of 22 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to start a line or row of text some distance in from the margin | to form a deep recess in something (often passive) | to make jagged, notched, or ... (28 of 335 words, 9 definitions, pronunciations)
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to press something inward to form a dent | Same as dentn (sense 1) (13 of 47 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: late 14th century
Origin: Old French endenter "to notch or dent, give a serrated edge to", from Late Latin indentare "to crunch", from Latin in- "in" + ... (26 of 45 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English endenten, to notch, from Anglo-Norman and Old French endenter, both from Medieval Latin indentāre: Latin ... (17 of 32 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English endenten from Old French endenter or Medieval Latin indentare, both from Latin in, in + dens, "tooth" | "in-" + "dent"
First use: 14th century | 15th century
Origin: from Old French endenter, from en-1 + dent tooth, from Latin dēns | from in-2 + dent1
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 ... (25 of 35 etymology words)
First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle English, from Anglo-French endenter, from en- + dent tooth, from Latin dent-, dens
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First use: 15th century
Origin: Middle English endenten, from en- + denten to dent
First use: 14th century
Origin: Directly or via Anglo-Norman from medieval Latin indentare from Latin in- "in, into" + dent- "tooth"
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First use: 14th century
Origin: in-2 + dent
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