Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to indent
Participle: indented
Gerund: indenting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | indent |
| you | indent |
| he;she;it | indents |
| we | indent |
| you | indent |
| they | indent |
Perfect
| I | have indented |
| you | have indented |
| he;she;it | has indented |
| we | have indented |
| you | have indented |
| they | have indented |
Past
| I | indented |
| you | indented |
| he;she;it | indented |
| we | indented |
| you | indented |
| they | indented |
Pluperfect
| I | had indented |
| you | had indented |
| he;she;it | had indented |
| we | had indented |
| you | had indented |
| they | had indented |
Future
| I | will indent |
| you | will indent |
| he;she;it | will indent |
| we | will indent |
| you | will indent |
| they | will indent |
Future Perfect
| I | will have indented |
| you | will have indented |
| he;she;it | will have indented |
| we | will have indented |
| you | will have indented |
| they | will have indented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | indent |
| you | indent |
| he;she;it | indent |
| we | indent |
| you | indent |
| they | indent |
Perfect
| I | have indented |
| you | have indented |
| he;she;it | have indented |
| we | have indented |
| you | have indented |
| they | have indented |
Imperfect
| I | indented |
| you | indented |
| he;she;it | indented |
| we | indented |
| you | indented |
| they | indented |
Pluperfect
| I | had indented |
| you | had indented |
| he;she;it | had indented |
| we | had indented |
| you | had indented |
| they | had indented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would indent |
| you | would indent |
| he;she;it | would indent |
| we | would indent |
| you | would indent |
| they | would indent |
Perfect
| I | would have indented |
| you | would have indented |
| he;she;it | would have indented |
| we | would have indented |
| you | would have indented |
| they | would have indented |
Imperative
| you | indent |
| we | Let's indent |
| you | indent |
Verbs conjugated like 'indent'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'indent'
incent,
indebt,
invent,
dedent,
dent,
inbend,
incant,
incend,
incept,
incest,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1385, from O.Fr. endenter "to notch or dent, give a serrated edge to," from L.L. indentare "to crunch," from L. in- "in" + dens (gen. dentis) "tooth" (see tooth). The printing sense is first attested 1676. The noun is first recorded 1596 from the verb. Extended form indentation first recorded 1728. Indenture "contract for services" first recorded 1304, from Anglo-Fr. endenture, from O.Fr. endenteure "indentation," from endenter. Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart.
2. Partly from Middle English indenten (“to dent in”), equivalent to in- + dent (see dent); partly from Middle English indenten, endenten, from Old French endenter (“to cut notches into”), from en- (“in-, en-”) + dent (“tooth”), from Latin dēns.
Sample Sentences
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to indent the edge of paper
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indent a smooth surface with a hammer
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to indent wax with a stamp
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The Polanders indented with Henry, Duke of Anjou, their new-chosen king, to bring with him an hundred families of artificers into Poland. [, New York, 2001, p.91]
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And is this now the Person who is to oblige his Maker? to indent and drive bargains with the Almighty? [1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, London: Thomas Bennet, page 28:]
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1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. xlii-xliii,
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[…] he accidentally met with the commander of a trading vessel bound to Barbadoes, and being actuated by an adventurous spirit, [he] bargained for a passage by indenting himself to serve a planter for four years after his arrival in that island.
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to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant
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to indent the first line of a paragraph one em
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to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first
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Seeing Orlando, it vnlink'd it selfe,
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And with indented glides, did slip away [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
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What is the rule observed in India in indenting upon England for military stores ? [1832 May 23, John Byng examining Jasper Nicolls in the House of Commons]