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an order for goods to be exported or imported notch the edge of or make jagged make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents" set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter" the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" |
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