clept
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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And that other is clept Tigris, that runneth by Assyria and by Armenia the great.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
From this land men go to another isle that is clept Silha.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
The first river is clept Pison, that is to say in their language Assembly; for many other rivers meet them there, and go into that river.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
And beyond these isles there is another isle that is clept Pytan.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
And that other is clept Euphrates, that runneth also by Media and Armenia and by Persia.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
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