Definition of Indenting

1. n. Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.

Definition of Indenting

1. Verb. (present participle of indent) ¹

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Definition of Indenting

1. indent [v] - See also: indent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indenting

indenizen
indenizened
indenizening
indenizens
indeno
indenol
indenols
indent
indentation
indentations
indented
indentedly
indenter
indenters
indentified
indenting (current term)
indention
indentions
indentment
indentments
indentor
indentors
indentour
indents
indenture
indentured
indentured servant
indentured servants
indentures
indentureship

Literary usage of Indenting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1794)
"... Г. .. t- l (3) The indenting or cutting in modum dentium, ... See as to the ufe and origin of indenting charters in England, Mad. Formular. Anglican, p. ..."

2. The Efficient Secretary by Ellen Lane Spencer (1916)
"indenting PARAGRAPHS The indenting of paragraphs, if done right, ... In indenting paragraphs, a single spaced letter can be begun with an indentation of ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the odd series of the same group; this fact (which is not true in all parts of the table) is indicated by indenting the odd and even series differently. ..."

4. The Works, Political, Metaphysical, and Chronological, of the Late Sir James by James Steuart (1805)
"Of indenting the ... This is faid to have given rife to the denomination of farthings, or fourth parts. The indenting of the ..."

5. Composition-rhetoric by Fred Newton Scott (1898)
"The beginner should make a practice of indenting at least one inch. In printed books the first word of a ... Faults of Indention: indenting Every Sentence. ..."

6. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1800)
"... me with lhi$ (hört argument i The indenting of fimple untutored people maybe .... indenting ..."

7. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1921)
"... the band material will be forced against the stop lug 5 and finally gripped tightly by the gripping lug, indenting the band material into the recess 7. ..."

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