compassynge

Middle English

Alternative forms

• compassenge, compasing, compassing, compassyng, cumpasyng

Etymology

From compas +‎ -ynge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumˈpaːsinɡ(ə)/, /ˈkumpasinɡ(ə)/

Verb

compassynge

1. present participle of compassen

Noun

compassynge (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 22 January 2019.