noun
Meaning 1
A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
leasing
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Pronunciation
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/ˈliːzɪŋ/
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/ˈliːsɪŋ/
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rhymes with -iːsɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: L IY1 S IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
gerund of lease
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, present
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of lease
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) + -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).
From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.
From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.
Real reading context