leasing.
A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Meaning & usage
A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Where this word comes from
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”).
present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.
present participle and gerund of lease
Where this word comes from
From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.
gerund of lease
Where this word comes from
From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.
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