clepe
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian ("to speak, cry out, call, summon, invoke, cry to, implore"), from Proto-Germanic *klipōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gal-.
Pronunciation- IPA: /kliːp/
clepe (clepes, present participle cleping; simple past and past participle cleped)
- (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
- (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to.
- (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call to oneself; invite; summon.
- (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name.
- 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC ↗, lines [995–996]:
- She clepes him king of graues, & graue for kings, / Imperious ſupreme of all mortall things.
- (intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
- (intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
- (transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To report; relate; tell.
- (call by the name of) designate, dub, name; see also Thesaurus:denominate
- (tell lies about; inform against) grass, snitch; see also Thesaurus:rat out
- (be loquacious; tattle; gossip) blab; see also Thesaurus:gossip or Thesaurus:chatter
clepe (plural clepes)
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