Indent | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

In-dĕnt', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INDENTED; p. pr. & vb. n. INDENTING.] [L. Lat. indentare, from Lat. in and dens, tooth; It. indentare, O. Fr. endenter.]

To notch; to jag; to cut into points or inequalities, like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
(Print.) To begin further in from the margin than the rest of a paragraph. See INDENTATION.

In-dĕnt', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To be cut or notched. 2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out. 3. To contract; to bargain or covenant. [Obs.] “To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty.” South.

In-dént', n.

noun

n. 1. A cut or notch in the margin of any thing, or a recess like a notch. Shak.

Sense 2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]

Sense 3. (Law.) A certificate, or indented certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt. [Obs.] Ramsay. Hamilton.