CLEPE


Meaning of CLEPE in English

/kleep/ , v.t., cleped or clept (also ycleped or yclept ), cleping . Archaic.

to call; name (now chiefly in the pp. as ycleped or yclept ).

[ bef. 900; ME clepen, OE cleopian, var. of clipian; akin to MLG kleperen to rattle ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .