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Leasing

//ˈliːzɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A lie; the act of lying, falsehood. archaic
"fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes."
2
gerund of lease countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable

Verb

1
present participle of lease (“to tell lies”) form-of, participle, present
2
present participle and gerund of lease form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.

Etymology 3

From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.

Etymology 4

From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.

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