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clepe

verb
/kliːp/

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 (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian klippa, kleppa (“to ring”), Dutch kleppen (“to toll, chatter”), Middle Low German kleppen (“to strike, sound”), Middle Low German kleperen (“to rattle”).

  1. inherited from *gal-✻
  2. inherited from *klipōną✻
  3. inherited from cleopian
  4. inherited from clepen

Definitions

  1. To give a call

    To give a call; cry out; appeal.

  2. To call

    To call; call upon; cry out to.

  3. To call to oneself

    To call to oneself; invite; summon.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To tell lies about

      To tell lies about; inform against (someone).

      • You tried to mentor someone, teach them the basics of the trade, and they ran off to clype on you.

    2. To be loquacious

      To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.

    3. To report

      To report; relate; tell.

    4. A cry

      A cry; an appeal; a call.

      • So bold was I to show my voice that night / With clepes, and cries, to fill the street throughout / With Creuse’ name in sorrow, with vain tears ; / And often-sithes the same for to repeat.

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Derived

beclepe

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for clepe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA