compassynge

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