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clepe
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kleep
]
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clepe
/
klip
/
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[
kleep
]
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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
).
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Origin:
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)
—
vb
,
clepes
,
cleping
,
cleped
,
clept
,
ycleped
,
yclept
archaic
(
tr
) to call by the name of
[Old English
cleopian;
related to Middle Low German
kleperen
to rattle]
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