clepe
clepe
(klēp)tr.v. cleped (klēpt, klĕpt), cleped or clept (klĕpt) or y·clept (ĭ-klĕpt′) or y·cleped (ĭ-klēpt′, ĭ-klĕpt′), clep·ing, clepes Archaic
To call; name.
[Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopian, to cry out.]
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clepe
(kliːp)vb, clepes, cleping, cleped (kliːpt; klɛpt) , clept, ycleped or yclept
(tr) archaic to call by the name of
[Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle]
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clepe
(klip)v.t. cleped clept (also y•cleped y•clept), clep•ing. Archaic.
to call; name.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle]
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clepe
Past participle: cleped
Gerund: cleping
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