To make a dent or depression in, as by a blow or by pressure; dent or dint.To dent or press in; form as a dent or depression.To make notches in resembling teeth; cut into points or jags like a row of teeth; notch; jag; serrate.Specifically Formerly, to notch the edges of (two copies of a writing, as a deed, covenant, articles of agreement, etc., in which two parties had an interest), as a conventional means of identification and security.Hence To covenant or bargain for; transfer by covenant; indenture.In type-setting and writing, to throw or sink inward by a blank space in the margin, as the first line of a paragraph; hence, to begin, or exceptionally to begin and end, with a fixed amount of blank space, whether evenly or unevenly, as lines of poetry or of type specially arranged. See indention.To move in a zigzag course; wind in and out; double in moving.To contract; bargain; make a compact.n. A cut or notch in the margin, or a recess like a notch; an indentation.n. A writing, as a deed, covenant, contract, order for goods, articles of agreement, etc., having the edges indented (see indent, transitive verb, 2, 3); hence, any covenant.n. An indented certificate issued by the United States government at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest due on the public debt.n. A requisition for military stores.