Partly from Middle English indenten (“to dent in”), equivalent to in- + dent (see dent); partly from Middle English indenten, endenten, from Old French endenter (“to cut notches into”), from en- (“in-, en-”) + dent (“tooth”), from Latin dēns.
Meanings
A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
A stamp; an impression.
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.
A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
bo ཉག་ག (A cut or notch) · de Einbuchtung (A cut or notch) · bg зъбец (A cut or notch) · de Vertiefung (A cut or notch) · sk stopa (A stamp; an impression) · id inden (Order for supplies) · sk odtlačok (A stamp; an impression) · bg назъбване (A cut or notch) · he אינדנטציה (A cut or notch) · bo ཉག་འབུར (A cut or notch) · he זיח (A cut or notch) · bg отпечатък (A stamp; an impression) · he הזחה (A cut or notch) · de Beschaffungsauftrag (Order for supplies) · he אבזץ (A cut or notch) · bg вдлъбнатина (A stamp; an impression) · id indentasi (A cut or notch) · de Kerbe (A cut or notch) · sk preliačina (A stamp; an impression)
Partly from Middle English indenten (“to dent in”), equivalent to in- + dent (see dent); partly from Middle English indenten, endenten, from Old French endenter (“to cut notches into”), from en- (“in-, en-”) + dent (“tooth”), from Latin dēns.
Meanings
(transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
to indent the edge of paper
(intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
indent a smooth surface with a hammer
to indent wax with a stamp
(historical) 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.
(intransitive, obsolete, reflexive) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.
And is this now the Person who is to oblige his Maker? to indent and drive bargains with the Almighty? 1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, London: Thomas Bennet, page 28:
The Polanders indented with Henry, Duke of Anjou, their new-chosen king, to bring with him an hundred families of artificers into Poland. , New York, 2001, p.91
1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. xlii-xliii,
[…] he accidentally met with the commander of a trading vessel bound to Barbadoes, and being actuated by an adventurous spirit, [he] bargained for a passage by indenting himself to serve a planter for four years after his arrival in that island.
(obsolete, transitive) To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant
To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
to indent the first line of a paragraph one em
to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first
(intransitive, obsolete) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Seeing Orlando, it vnlink'd it selfe,
And with indented glides, did slip away c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
(India, Singapore, qualifier:dated elsewhere) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
What is the rule observed in India in indenting upon England for military stores ? 1832 May 23, John Byng examining Jasper Nicolls in the House of Commons
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dedent (antonym(s) of “typography”) · unindent (antonym(s) of “typography”) · outdent (antonym(s) of “typography”)
bg правя вдлъбнатина (to stamp or to press in) · de einwilligen (to formally commit to doing something) · de einrücken (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · fi sitoutua (to formally commit to doing something) · fi tehdä sopimus (to formally commit to doing something) · es indentar (to be cut, notched, or dented) · pt indentar (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · es recortar (to be cut, notched, or dented) · sk preliačiť (to stamp or to press in) · pt dentar (to cut into points like a row of teeth) · de einkerben (to stamp or to press in) · bg отпечатвам (to stamp or to press in) · es marcar (to stamp or to press in) · nl inspringen (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · fi sisentää (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · sk vyhĺbiť (to stamp or to press in) · de anwerben (to engage someone) · fi leikata kahtia (to cut the two halves of a document in duplicate) · fi palkata (to engage someone) · bg правя абзац (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · fi leimata (to stamp or to press in) · sk vyraziť (to stamp or to press in) · mi neke (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · cs odsadit (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · mi nuku (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · fi kolota (to stamp or to press in) · fi tehdä oppisopimus (to engage someone) · sk preliačovať (to stamp or to press in) · de anheuern (to engage someone) · es sangrar (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · es indentar (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · sk odsadzovať (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · fi hammastaa (to cut into points like a row of teeth) · ca sagnar (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · sk raziť (to stamp or to press in) · sk odsadiť (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin) · de eindrücken (to stamp or to press in) · sk hĺbiť (to stamp or to press in) · es dejar marcar en (to stamp or to press in) · bg назъбвам (to cut into points like a row of teeth)