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clepe
[ kleep ]
verb (used with object)
, Archaic.
, cleped or clept [klept] (also y·cleped or y·clept [ee-, klept] ), clep·ing.
- to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept ).
clepe
/ kliːp /
verb
- archaic.tr to call by the name of
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clepe1
First recorded before 900; Middle English clepen, Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen “to rattle”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clepe1
Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle
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Example Sentences
Wanne ha clepe of swiche er bie into his seruise ine here childhede.
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And the monks clepe that place Dozoleel, that is to say, the shadow of God.
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And some men clepe it Harme, after the diverse languages of the country.
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In that land groweth the pepper in the forest that men clepe Combar.
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For that is at the north parts that men clepe the Septentrional where it is all only cold.
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