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Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: endenter, from dent 'tooth'

indent

1 verb
     
Related topics: Newspapers, Publishing
in‧dent1 [transitive]
TCN to start a line of writing further towards the middle of the page than other lines:
Use the Tab key to indent the first line of the paragraph.
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