indented

 [v. in-dent; n. in-dent, in-dent]  

in·dent

1   [v. in-dent; n. in-dent, in-dent]
verb (used with object)
1.
to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast.
2.
to set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph.
3.
to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along an irregular line as a means of identification.
4.
to cut or tear the edge of (copies of a document) in an irregular way.
5.
to make toothlike notches in; notch.
EXPAND
6.
to indenture, as an apprentice.
7.
British. to draw an order upon.
8.
Chiefly British. to order, as commodities.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
9.
to form a recess.
10.
Chiefly British. to make out an order or requisition in duplicate.
11.
Obsolete.
a.
to draw upon a person or thing for something.
b.
to enter into an agreement by indenture; make a compact.

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noun
12.
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
13.
an indention.
14.
an indenture.
15.
American History. a certificate issued by a state or the federal government at the close of the Revolutionary War for the principal or interest due on the public debt.
16.
British. a requisition for stores.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; back formation from indented having toothlike notches, Middle English < Medieval Latin indentātus, equivalent to Latin in- in-2 + dentātus dentate; see -ed2

Related forms
in·dent·er, in·den·tor, noun
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in·dent

2   [v. in-dent; n. in-dent, in-dent]
verb (used with object)
1.
to dent; press in so as to form a dent: to indent a pattern on metal.
2.
to make or form a dent in: The wooden stairs had been indented by horses' hooves.
noun
3.
a dent.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see in-2, dent1
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