The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indenting \In*dent"ing\, n. Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
Indent \In*dent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indented; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenting.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF. endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Indenture.]
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
[Cf. Indenture.] To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
(Print.) 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.
(Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India]
--Wilhelm.
Wiktionary
n. indentation vb. (present participle of indent English)
Usage examples of "indenting".
Other boys in their early teens dreamed of going to Dakotah, indenting to a company run by a young and beautiful woman (this was a favorite theme of many of the paperbacks), discovering the loot hidden by a gang, or emigrating to Australia or the South African Republic.
We could imagine ourselves getting under the indenting mass and lifting it upward, supporting it so as to prevent it from making an indentation.
In order to accomplish this feat, however, we need a mass equivalent to the indenting mass.
The same steady expression, the same tender mouth, upper lip indenting the lower to give her a look of t unintentional sensuality.
The stranger was still looking at her quietly, but she could see the fangs indenting his lower lip now and his eyes were reflecting moonlight.