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indented adjective [ ɪnˈdɛntɪd ]

• divided or edged with a zigzag line.

indent verb

• start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) 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 right, move further from the margin, start in from the margin,
• form deep recesses or notches in (a line or surface).
• "a coastline indented by many fjords"
Similar: notch, nick, make an indentation in, make notches/nicks in, scallop, serrate, pink, cut, scratch, gash, slit, snick, gouge, groove, furrow, dent, mark, score, incise, carve, engrave, deboss,
• make a requisition or written order for something.
• "we were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days"
Similar: order, put in an order for, requisition, apply for, put in for, request, put in a request for, ask for, claim, put in a claim for, call for, demand,
• divide (a document drawn up in duplicate) into its two copies with a zigzag line, thus ensuring identification and preventing forgery.
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’.

indent verb

• make a dent or impression in (something).
• "use a stylus to indent the leather"


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