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Definition of Indent

Indent
Indent In*dent", v. i. 1. To be cut, notched, or dented. 2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag. 3. To contract; to bargain or covenant. --Shak. To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. --South.
Indent
Indent In*dent", n. 1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch. --Shak. 2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.] 3. 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. --D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton. 4. (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India] --Wilhelm.
Indent
Indent In*dent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indented; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenting.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF. endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Indenture.] 1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper. 2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp. 3. [Cf. Indenture.] To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant. 4. (Print.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention. 5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India] --Wilhelm.

Meaning of Indent from wikipedia

- Look up indent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Indent may refer to: Indent (album), a 1973 free jazz album by Cecil Taylor indent (Unix), a computer...
- indent is a Unix utility that reformats C and C++ code in a user-defined indentation style and coding style. Support for C++ code is minimal. The original...
- effect for nested if statements where non-indented code required on average 179% more time to read than indented code. The table below includes code examples...
- Indent is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in March 1973, originally released on Taylor's own Unit Core label and subsequently more widely released...
- Indented Head is a small coastal township located on the Bellarine Peninsula, east of Geelong, in the Australian state of Victoria. The town lies on the...
- example, indenting at the beginning of line means on the left for a left-to-right script and on the right for right-to-left script. Indent is both a...
- enterprise resource planning system orders. An indent is a purchase order often placed through an agent (indent agent) under specified conditions of sale....
- on behalf of another party. Indent agents or indenting agents (or firms) are alternative terms for buying agents. An indent is an order for goods under...
- Professionally printed material in English typically does not indent the first paragraph, but indents those that follow. For example, Robert Bringhurst states...
- the required calculations are independent of the size of the indenter, and the indenter can be used for all materials irrespective of hardness. The basic...