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Word entry · 6 letters

indent

Best crossword clue

"Start a paragraph inward"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪndɛnt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deinntStarts with IEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • to indent the edge of paper
  • indent a smooth surface with a hammer
  • to indent wax with a stamp

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