\In*dent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indented}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Indenting}.] [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.
3. [Cf. {Indenture}.] 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. [India] --Wilhelm.

\In*dent"\, 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.

\In*dent"\, n.
1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess
   like a notch. --Shak.
2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]
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. [India] --Wilhelm.