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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Ingadg(e)ment, n. Also: ingaidgment. [e.m.E. ingagement (1611). Cf. Enga(d)gement.] 1. An undertaking, obligation, contract. 1625 Highland P. III. 318.
[The cautioners] affirmed that thay had no hoipes of releiff of thair grite ingadgementis for the said earle 1658 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 172.
The … counsell ordanit the said band as ane vnlawfull ingadgment … and declairit the … granters of the samen to be frie of ingadgment for the soums thairin containit 1665 Ib. 223.
They approvit of the counsellis ingadgement theranent and recommendit to them to grant the said libertie

b. The ‘Engagement’ of 1648. 1648 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 91.
The sinfulness of the lait unlawfull ingaidgment 1649 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 472.
Being malignantis and active in the laite ingadgment 1649 Inverness Presb. 157.
He was ane ensagne bearer in the vnlawfull ingadgment, and accessarie … to the late insurrection 1651 Elgin Rec. II. 364.
That this levey was like to proue another unlawfull ingadgment because of the … oppression in the land

2. a. Engaging in, entering upon. b. A military engagement or encounter.a. 1665 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 214.
Through his majesties ingadgment of warr with Hollandb. 1689 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 565.
Ther was ane ingadgment … within two myles of the Blair of Atholl