indent /ɪnˈdɛnt/verb 9/ˈɪndɛnt/ noun 4forms 3 verb9 •To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth •To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin. •To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress •To be cut, notched, or dented. •(India, Singapore) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.What is the rule observed in India in indenting upon England for military stores ? — 1832 •(historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole. •[with oneself] (no longer used) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.The Polanders indented with Henry, Duke of Anjou, their new-chosen king, to bring with him an hundred families of artificers into Poland. — 2001 •(no longer used) To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts. •(no longer used) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.Seeing Orlando, it vnlink'd it selfe, And with indented glides, did slip away — 1598 indent /ˈɪndɛnt/ noun4 •A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. •A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch. •A stamp; an impression. •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. formsindented · indenting · indents