noun A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
noun A stamp; an impression.
noun 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.
noun A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
verb To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
to indent the edge of paper
verb To be cut, notched, or dented.
verb To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
indent a smooth surface with a hammer
verb 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.