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Webster 1913 Edition


Leasing

Leas′ing

,
Noun.
[AS.
leásung
, fr.
leás
loose, false, deceitful. See
-less
,
Loose
,
Adj.
]
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.
s as z.
Falsehood; lies. [Obsolete or nearly so.]

Definition 2024


leasing

leasing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːzɪŋ/

Noun

leasing (plural leasings)

  1. (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.

Etymology 2

From lease.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/

Verb

leasing

  1. present participle of lease

Anagrams


Polish

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲiz̪ʲĩŋk]

Noun

leasing m inan

  1. lease

Declension

Derived terms


Spanish

Noun

leasing m (plural leasings)

  1. leasing