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To Indent

  1. (transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
  2. (intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
  3. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
  4. (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.
  5. (intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To engage(someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
  7. (typography) 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.
  8. (obsolete, intransitive) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
  9. (military, India, dated) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
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