Meaning to be indigent about 1st. Nov., perhaps (9)
I believe the answer is:
intending
'meaning' is the definition.
('intend' can be a synonym of 'mean')
'indigent about 1st nov perhaps' is the wordplay.
'about' says to put letters next to each other.
'1st nov' becomes 'n' (1st letter of 'nov').
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
'indigent' put after 'n' is 'nindigent'.
'nindigent' anagrammed gives 'INTENDING'.
'to be' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for intending that I've seen before include "Planning, proposing" , "Meaning; planning" .)