verb , noun
■ verb
/ ɪnˈdent; NAmE / [ vn ] to start a line of print or writing further away from the edge of the page than the other lines :
The first line of each paragraph should be indented.
■ noun / ˈɪndent/
1.
indent (for sth) ( business ) ( especially BrE ) an official order for goods or equipment
2.
= indentation
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WORD 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.