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Webster 1913 Edition
Leasing
Leas′ing
,Noun.
The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.
[Archaic]
Spenser.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak
leasing
. Ps. v. 6.
Blessed be the lips that such a
leasing
told. Fairfax.
Leasing making
(Scots Law)
, the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family.
Bp. Burnet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Leasing
LE'ASING
,Noun.
Falsehood; lies. [Obsolete or nearly so.]
Definition 2024
leasing
leasing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːzɪŋ/
Noun
leasing (plural leasings)
- (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
- Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
Etymology 2
From lease.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/
Verb
leasing
- present participle of lease
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlʲiz̪ʲĩŋk]
Noun
leasing m inan
Declension
declension of leasing
Derived terms
- leasingowy, leasingować