/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 ]
/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 . 2012