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- 1. give (someone or something) a specified name: archaic "he was cleped Perkyn"
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Clepe itself is a word that is considered archaic and nearly obsolete, but its past participle "yclept" (pronounced ih-KLEPT) continues to be used, albeit rarely.
Clepe definition: to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).. See examples of CLEPE used in a sentence.
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle. Word Frequency. clepe in American English. (klip ) verb transitive. 1. Obsolete. to call or address (a person) 2. Archaic. to call by name; name.
Jun 2, 2024 · clepe (third-person singular simple present clepes, present participle cleping, simple past cleped or clept, past participle cleped or clept or yclept) ( intransitive , archaic or dialectal ) To give a call; cry out; appeal .
Define clepe. clepe synonyms, clepe pronunciation, clepe translation, English dictionary definition of clepe. tr.v. cleped , cleped or clept or y·clept or y·cleped , clep·ing , clepes Archaic To call; name.
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noun. (Now chiefly dialectal) A cry; an appeal; a call. With clepes and cries. Wiktionary. Origin of Clepe. From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian (“to speak, cry out, call, summon, invoke, cry to, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *klipōną (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to sound”).
noun A cry; an appeal; a call. Etymologies. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. [Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopian, to cry out.] from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
clepe (third-person singular simple present clepes, present participle cleping, simple past cleped) ( intransitive , archaic or dialectal ) To give a call; cry out; appeal . ( transitive , archaic or dialectal ) To call ; call upon; cry out to.
Synonyms for CLEPE: name, call, dub, denominate, label, term, title, christen, designate, nominate
