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To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
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to indent the edge of paper
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To be cut, notched, or dented.
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To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
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indent a smooth surface with a hammer
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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.
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To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.
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To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
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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 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.
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to indent the first line of a paragraph one em
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To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
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To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.