<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast.</li><li>to set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph.</li><li>to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along an irregular line as a means of identification.</li><li>to cut or tear the edge of (copies of a document) in an irregular way.</li><li>to make toothlike notches in; notch.</li><li>to indenture, as an apprentice.</li><li>(British) to draw an order upon.</li><li>(chiefly British) to order, as commodities.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.</li><li>an indention.</li><li>an indenture.</li><li>(American History) a certificate issued by a state or the federal government at the close of the Revolutionary War for the principal or interest due on the public debt.</li><li>(British) a requisition for stores.</li></ul>