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verb (used with object), cleped or clept (also y·cleped or y·clept ) clep·ing. Archaic.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English clepen, Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle
before 900; Middle English clepen, Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle
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| —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] | |
| yclept (ɪˈklɛpt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | a past participle of clepe |
| —adj | |
| 2. | having the name of; called |
| [Old English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian to call] | |
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