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dedents

dedents is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dedent.

dedents is the plural of dedent.

Meaning of dedent

Verb (1)

dedent (third-person singular simple present dedents, present participle dedenting, simple past and past participle dedented)

  1. (transitive) To outdent; to remove an indent from.
    • Dedent Region If there were any need to prove that Python was a programmer's tool, and not something written for anyone with the slightest grasp of the English language, instead of the Python language, this menu option would dissuade them from that belief. Really, who would call something dedent?...2008, Matthew A. Telles, Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide, →ISBN

Verb (2)

dedent (third-person singular simple present dedents, present participle dedenting, simple past and past participle dedented)

  1. To remove a dent or dents from.
    • In the drawing at the bottom of the page are shown the structural features of a dedenting machine as built by The Vol-U-Meter Company, Inc.1937, Compressed Air Magazine, volume 42, page 5230

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Questions about dedents

What is dedents the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dedents is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dedent.

Words near dedents in the dictionary

  1. dedent
  2. dedentation
  3. dedented
  4. dedenting
  5. dedentition
  6. dedents
  7. Dederang
  8. Dedes
  9. Dedham
  10. dediazoniation
  11. dediazoniations

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