Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To call; name.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cry; an appeal; a call.
- To give a call; cry out; appeal.
- To call; call upon; cry out to.
- To call to one's self; invite; summon.
- To call by the name of; name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To make appeal; to cry out.
- transitive verb obsolete To call, or name.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, archaic or dialectal To give a call; cry out;
appeal . - verb transitive, archaic or dialectal To
call ; call upon; cry out to. - verb transitive, archaic or dialectal To call to one's self;
invite ;summon . - verb transitive, archaic or dialectal To
call ; call by the name of;name . - verb intransitive (often with on) To
tell lies about;inform against (someone). - verb intransitive To be
loquacious ;tattle ;gossip . - verb transitive To
report ;relate ; tell. - noun A
cry ; anappeal ; acall .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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From thence go men to Samaria that men clepe now Sebast; and that is the chief city of that country, and it sits between the hill of Aygnes as Jerusalem doth.
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And for the name of the isle, they clepe it Tracodon.
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For men werein wont for to clepe that place, the feld of Damasce; because that it was in the lordschipe of Damask.
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And in the midst of the vale is a little river that men clepe TORRENS
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In that valley is a field, where men draw out of the earth a thing that men clepe cambile, and they eat it instead of spices, and they bear it to sell.
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The first statute was, that thei scholde beleeven and obeyen in God inmortalle, that is allemyghty, that wolde casten hem out of servage; and at alle tymes clepe to him for help, in tyme of nede.
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Apostles, and was clept Julian, and was made bisschoppe: and this is the same Julyan, that men clepe to for gede herberghgage; for oure Lord herberwed with him, in his hows.
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And than he leet clepe in alle the lordes, that he made voyden first out of his chambre; and there he schewed me 4, that weren grete lordes in the contree, that tolden me of my contree, and of many othere Cristene contrees, als wel as thei had ben of the same contree: and thei spak Frensche righte wel; and the Sowdan also, where of I had gret marvaylle.
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And some putten wax in oyle of the wode of the fruyt of bawme, and seyn that it is bawme: and sume destyllen clowes of gylofre and of spykenard of Spayne and of othere spices, that ben well smellynge; and the lykour that gothe out there of, thei clepe it bawme: and thei wenen, that thei han bawme; and thei have non.
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And there is a full fair vale and a fructuous; and there is a fair city and a good that men clepe
whichbe commented on the word clepe
To name; to call. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008
oroboros commented on the word clepe
See also yclept.
February 15, 2014