Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Indented \In*dent"ed\, a.
   1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth;
      jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

   2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
      --Milton. Shak.

   3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the
      teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.

   4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an
      indented servant.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) Notched along the margin with a different
      color, as the feathers of some birds.

   {Indented line} (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short
      faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving
      a flanking fire along the front of the next.

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®

indented
     adj 1: having repeated square indentations like those in a
            battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: {embattled},
            {crenelated}, {crenelate}, {crenellated}, {crenellate}]
     2: having the central portion lower than the margin; "a
        depressed pustule" [syn: {depressed}]