† inˈgere, v. Obs. rare.
[a. F. ingére-r (Oresme, 14th c.), or ad. L. inger-ĕre to carry in, put or push in, obtrude: see ingest. The usual Scotch form was ingyre, q.v.]
refl. To thrust oneself in, to obtrude oneself, intrude; to presume.
| 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. iii. xxi. 221 Yf it hap that som chapellayn..goo to werre or that ingereth or putteth hymself forthe..therto. 1562 Winȝet Cert. Tractates ii. Wks. 1888 I. 21 King Ozias, quha in his presumptioun, ingerit him self to offer the brynt sacrifice. 1563 ― Four Scoir Thre Quest. ibid. 67 We ingere ws bauldlie..to propone thir quæstionis folloving. |