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<h1>Indemonstrable</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In`de*mon"stra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indemonstrabilis</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Demonstrable</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being demonstrated.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Indenization</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*den`i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of naturalizing; endenization.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Indenize</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*den"ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To naturalize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Indenizen</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*den"i*zen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Indenizened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Indenizening</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Words <b>indenizened</b>, and commonly used as English. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indent</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*dent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Indented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Indenting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>endenten</ets> to notch, fit in, OF. <ets>endenter</ets>, LL. <ets>indentare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>in + dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth. See <er>Tooth</er>, and cf. <er>Indenture</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; <as>as, to <ex>indent</ex> the edge of paper</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; <as>as, <ex>indent</ex> a smooth surface with a hammer; to <ex>indent</ex> wax with a stamp.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Indenture</er>.]</ety> <def>To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; <as>as, to <ex>indent</ex> a young man to a shoemaker; to <ex>indent</ex> a servant.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; <as>as, to <ex>indent</ex> the first line of a paragraph one em; to <ex>indent</ex> the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See <er>Indentation</er>, and <er>Indention</er>.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>

<h1>Indent</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*dent"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be cut, notched, or dented.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To contract; to bargain or covenant.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>To <b>indent</b> and drive bargains with the Almighty. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indent</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*dent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stamp; an impression.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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