indentv. t.[OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF. endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Indenture.]()1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.()2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.()[Cf. Indenture.]3. To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.()4. (Print.) 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.()5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.(Wilhelm.)v. i.1. To be cut, notched, or dented.()2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.()3. To contract; to bargain or covenant.(Shak.)To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. (South.)n.1. A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.(Shak.)2. A stamp; an impression.()3. 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.(D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.)4. (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.(Wilhelm.)