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.
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.
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.