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CLEPE
Etymology
Verb
clepe (third-person singular simple present clepes, present participle cleping, simple past clept or cleped, past participle clept or clepen or yclept or cleped)
(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call to oneself; invite; summon.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name.
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
(transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To report; relate; tell.
Usage notes
The verb is obsolete, except in certain dialects or when used in the past participle yclept which is sometimes used as a deliberate archaism, or as an idiomatic set phrase: aptly yclept.
Synonyms
• (call by the name of): designate, dub, name; see also denominate
• (tell lies about; inform against): grass, snitch; see also rat out
• (be loquacious; tattle; gossip): blab; see also gossip or chatter
Noun
clepe (plural clepes)
(now, chiefly, dialectal) A cry; an appeal; a call.
Anagrams
• cleep
Source: Wiktionary
Clepe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleped or; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf. Ycleped.] Etym: [AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call.]
Definition: To call, or name. [Obs.] That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer.
Clepe, v. i.
Definition: To make appeal; to cry out. [Obs.] Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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