Definitions for the word, indent

(n.) 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.

(n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

(n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

(n.) A stamp; an impression.

(v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented.

(v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.

(v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.

(v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.

(v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

(v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.


41 words found in the Scrabble word, indent



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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