Definition of indent

• v. t. - To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
• v. t. - To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
• v. t. - To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
• v. t. - To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.
• v. t. - To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
• v. i. - To be cut, notched, or dented.
• v. i. - To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
• v. i. - To contract; to bargain or covenant.
• n. - A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
• n. - A stamp; an impression.
• n. - A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
• n. - A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.