n.
Pronunciation: in- ' dent
Function: 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
1 chiefly British : to make a requisition on
2 chiefly British : to draw on