compassyng
Middle English
Alternative forms
- compassynge, compasing, compassenge, cumpasyng, compassing
Etymology
From compas + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkumpasinɡ/
Noun
compassyng (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
- English: compassing
References
- “cǒmpā̆ssinge (ger.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-22.