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To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of
teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper. |
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To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent
a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp. |
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To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to
apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a
servant. |
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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. |
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To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military
stores. |
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To be cut, notched, or dented. |
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To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag. |
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To contract; to bargain or covenant. |
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A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like
a notch. |
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A stamp; an impression. |
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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. |
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A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the
commissariat of an army. |
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