indent

(transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth

(intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.

To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress

(historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.

(intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.

(transitive, obsolete) To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.

(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.

(obsolete, intransitive) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

(military, India, dated) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.