compassyng

Middle English

Alternative forms

• compassynge, compasing, compassenge, cumpasyng, compassing

Etymology

From compas +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumpasinɡ/

Noun

compassyng (plural compassynges)

1. Guile or plotting; the practicing of sleight-of hand with ill intent.
2. (rare) An idea, invention, or creation; something that one has created (mentally or physically)
3. (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.