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   Indent , 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.]
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   To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
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   To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
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   [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.
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   (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.
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   (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India]
   Wilhelm.
   
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   Indent, v. i.
   To be cut, notched, or dented.
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   To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
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   To contract; to bargain or covenant.
   Shak.
   
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   To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty.
   South.
   
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   Indent , n.
   A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
   Shak.
   
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   A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]
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   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.
   
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   (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India]
   Wilhelm.
   
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