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clept

  [klept]
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–verb
a pt. and pp. of clepe.

clepe

  [kleep]
–verb (used with object), cleped or clept (also y⋅cleped or y⋅clept ), clep⋅ing. Archaic.
to call; name (now chiefly in the pp. as ycleped or yclept).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME clepen, OE cleopian, var. of clipian; akin to MLG kleperen to rattle
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clepe   (klēp)   
tr.v.   cleped (klēpt, klěpt), cleped or clept (klěpt) or y·clept (ĭ-klěpt') or y·cleped (ĭ-klēpt', ĭ-klěpt'), clep·ing, clepes Archaic
To call; name.

[Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopian, to cry out.]
clept   (klěpt)   
v.  A past participle of clepe.
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