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in⋅dent

1  [v. in-dent; n. in-dent, in-dent]
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–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.
6. to indenture, as an apprentice.
7. British. to draw an order upon.
8. Chiefly British. to order, as commodities.
–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.
–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; ME; back formation from indented having toothlike notches, ME < ML indentātus, equiv. to L in- in- 2 + dentātus dentate; see -ed 2

Related forms:
in⋅dent⋅er, in⋅den⋅tor, noun
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Word Origin & History

indent  (v.)
1385, from O.Fr. endenter "to notch or dent, give a serrated edge to," from L.L. indentare "to crunch," from L. in- "in" + dens (gen. dentis) "tooth" (see tooth). The printing sense is first attested 1676. The noun is first recorded 1596 from the verb. Extended form indentation first recorded 1728. Indenture "contract for services" first recorded 1304, from Anglo-Fr. endenture, from O.Fr. endenteure "indentation," from endenter. Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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