{i} one who makes a notch or notches; one who makes a dent or impression in a surface; one who indents, one who leaves a blank space between a margin and the beginning of a printed or written line
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. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin
To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole
{i} notch, incision; depression, dent; indentation, blank space left between a margin and the beginning of a printed or written line; act of indenting a document; request for supplies (British)
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
The distance between text boundaries and page margins Positive indents make the text area narrower than the space between margins Negative indents allow text to extend into the margins A paragraph can have left, right, and first-line indents
When you indent a line of writing, you start it further away from the edge of the paper than all the other lines. Indent the second line. to start a line of writing further towards the middle of the page than other lines (endenter, from dent )
A requisition for goods, enumerating conditions of the sale Acceptance of an indent by a seller constitutes his agreement to the conditions of the sale
to move the beginning of a line of text to the right You indent the first line of each new paragraph Also, the second line of a reference entry must be indented
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
{f} make a notch, make an incision; form a deep recess; create a dent in; leave a blank space between a margin and the beginning of a printed or written line
an order for goods to be exported or imported notch the edge of or make jagged make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents" set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter