leasing

Meanings

Noun

• A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.

Verb

• Present participle of lease

Origin

• From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung ("leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity"), from lēasian, from lēas. Cognate with Scots lesing ("lying"). More at lease.
• From lease.