INDENT


Meaning of INDENT in English

I. in-ˈdent verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French endenter, from en- + dent tooth, from Latin dent-, dens — more at tooth

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authentication

b. : to draw up (as a deed) in two or more exactly corresponding copies

2. : to notch the edge of : make jagged

3. : indenture

4. : to set (as a line of a paragraph) in from the margin

5. chiefly British : to order by an indent

intransitive verb

1. obsolete : to make a formal or express agreement

2. : to form an indentation

3. chiefly British : to make out an indent for something

• in·dent·er noun

- indent on

II. in-ˈdent, ˈin-ˌ noun

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : indenture 1

b. : a certificate issued by the United States at the close of the American Revolution for the principal or interest on the public debt

2. chiefly British

a. : an official requisition

b. : a purchase order for goods especially when sent from a foreign country

3. : indention

III. in-ˈdent transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English endenten, from en- + denten to dent

Date: 15th century

1. : to force inward so as to form a depression

2. : to form a dent in

• in·dent·er noun

IV. in-ˈdent, ˈin-ˌ noun

Date: 1596

: indentation

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.