[ɪnˈdɛnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text
(e.g: type a paragraph of text and indent the first line)

- form deep recesses or notches in (a line or surface)
(e.g: a coastline indented by many fjords)

- make a requisition or written order for something
(e.g: we were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days)

- divide (a document drawn up in duplicate) into its two copies with a zigzag line, thus ensuring identification and preventing forgery


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘give a zigzag outline to, divide by a zigzag line’): from Anglo-Norman French endenter or medieval Latin indentare, from en-, in- ‘into’ + Latin dens, dent- ‘tooth’

[ˈɪndɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an official order or requisition for goods
(e.g: Hawthorn refused to approve the indent for silk scarves)

- a space left by indenting text
(e.g: six-character indents)

- an indentation
(e.g: every indent in the coastline)

- an indenture


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘give a zigzag outline to, divide by a zigzag line’): from Anglo-Norman French endenter or medieval Latin indentare, from en-, in- ‘into’ + Latin dens, dent- ‘tooth’

[ɪnˈdɛnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a dent or impression in (something)
(e.g: use a stylus to indent the leather)


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