clapt

American  

[klapt] / klæpt /

verb

Archaic.

1. simple past tense and past participle of clap.

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Example Sentences

He was acquainted with Gould; and had met him at the door of the bank at B——, as he himself was on his way to the coach that was starting for E. Gould spoke to him, and said he had just got that seventy pounds; and when he said so, he clapt his hand on his pocket, implying it was there.

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Suddenly, a thought seemed to strike him; he clapt his hand to his forehead, uttered an exclamation, and rang the bell.

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Thus spoke th' impatient prince, and made a pause: His foule hags rais'd their heads, and clapt their hands, And all the powers of Hell in full applause Flourisht their snakes, and tost their flaming brands.

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Have not I my self heard it cast in a fellows Teeth, I was the making of you, Sirrah, though y' are so high now a body must not speak to you: You had never been Taken and clapt up, Sirrah, but for me.

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In Byron’s “Beppo” we find the following lines: “Did’st ever see a Gondola; for fear you should not I’ll describe it exactly, ’Tis a long covered boat common here, Carved at the prow, built lightly but compactly, p. 105Rowed by two rowers, each called gondolier; It glides along the water looking blackly, Just like a coffin clapt in a canal, Where none can make out what you say or do.”

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