clepe
[ kleep ]
/ klip /
verb (used with object), cleped or clept (also y·cleped or y·clept ), clep·ing. Archaic.
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
Words nearby clepe
cleomenes iii, cleon, cleopatra, cleopatra's needle, clep, clepe, clepsydra, clept, cleptobiosis, cleptocracy, cleptomania
Origin of clepe
before 900; Middle English clepen, Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle
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clepe
/ (kliːp) /
verb clepes, cleping, cleped (kliːpt, klɛpt), clept, ycleped or yclept
(tr) archaic to call by the name of
Word Origin for clepe
Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle
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