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indent
A	noun
	1	indentation, indent, indenture
			the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚magnitude ╚extent ╚area; expanse; surface area ╚space; blank space; place ╚indentation, indent, indenture
	2	indent
			an order for goods to be exported or imported
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚document; written document; papers ╚commercial document; commercial instrument ╚order; purchase order ╚indent
B	verb
	1	indenture, indent
			bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚relate ╚oblige; bind; hold; obligate ╚indenture, indent
	2	indent
			notch the edge of or make jagged
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚incise ╚notch ╚indent ╚recess
	3	indent, dent
			make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"
		Category Tree: change ╚change shape; change form; deform ╚flex; bend; deform; twist; turn ╚indent, dent
	4	indent
			cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚indent
	5	indent
			set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter"
		Category Tree: change ╚format; arrange ╚indent

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