Indent



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GRE 红宝书

• v. 切割成锯齿状
• ［英］ v. 切割成锯齿状 ( to cut tooth-like points; notch)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +dent ( 牙齿) -> 成牙齿状
• ［例］ Mary indented the first line of each paragraph.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French endenter, from en- + dent tooth, from Latin dent-, dens — more at tooth
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authentication
    • b. to draw up (as a deed) in two or more exactly corresponding copies
  • 2. to notch the edge of ; make jagged
  • 3. indenture
  • 4. to set (as a line of a paragraph) in from the margin
  • 5. chiefly British to order by an indent
• intransitive verb
  • 1. obsolete to make a formal or express agreement
  • 2. to form an indentation
  • 3. chiefly British to make out an indent for something
• ? indenter noun

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. indenture 1
  • b. a certificate issued by the United States at the close of the American Revolution for the principal or interest on the public debt
• 2. chiefly British
  • a. an official requisition
  • b. a purchase order for goods especially when sent from a foreign country
• 3. indention

III. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English endenten, from en- + denten to dent
• Date: 15th century
• 1. to force inward so as to form a depression
• 2. to form a dent in
• ? indenter noun

IV. noun

• Date: 1596
• indentation

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