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clepe definition

clepe (klēp)

transitive verb

  1. Obsolete to call or address (a person)
  2. Archaic to call by name; name: generally in the archaic past participle, yclept, ycleped

Etymology: ME clepen < OE cleopian, clipian

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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