Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Indent \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.

Indent \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.

Indent \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.

Source : WordNet®

indent
     n 1: an order for goods to be exported or imported
     2: the space left between the margin and the start of an
        indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indenture}]

indent
     v 1: set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter"
     2: cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can
        later be matched for authentication; "indent the
        documents"
     3: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: {dent}]
     4: notch the edge of or make jagged
     5: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or
        servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: {indenture}]