compassynge
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
compassynge
Noun edit
compassynge (plural compassynges)
- Guile or plotting; the practicing of sleight-of hand with ill intent.
- (rare) An idea, invention, or creation; something that one has created (mentally or physically)
- (rare) A boundary or edge or an area defined by it.
Descendants edit
- English: compassing
References edit
- “cǒmpā̆ssinge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-22.