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Definition of Clepe
1. v. t. To call, or name.
2. v. i. To make appeal; to cry out.
Definition of Clepe
1. Verb. (intransitive archaic or dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive archaic or dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive archaic or dialectal) To call to one's self; invite; summon. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive archaic or dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive now chiefly dialectal) (context: often with ''on'') To tell lies about; inform against (someone). ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive now chiefly dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive now chiefly dialectal) To report; relate; tell. ¹
8. Noun. (context: Now chiefly dialectal) A cry; an appeal; a call. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clepe
1. to call by name [v CLEPED or CLEPT, CLEPING, CLEPES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clepe
Literary usage of Clepe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes by Geoffrey Chaucer (1851)
"... I dar wel sayn, He may by no way clepe his word agayn. Thing that is sayd is
sayd, and forth it goth, Though him repent, or be him never so loth, ..."
2. Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, Terms & Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"... sorrowing ay in paine, " To the II clepe, thou goddess of tout-ment, " That
helpeth ... clepe ..."
3. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Version of the Cotton Manuscript in by John Mandeville, Willem van Ruysbroeck, Odorico (1905)
"And in that same place was Adam formed and made, after that some men say : (for
men were wont for to clepe that place the field of Damascus, because that it ..."
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