Clept vs Clepe - What's the difference?
clept | clepe |
(obsolete) (clepe)
English irregular simple past forms
English irregular past participles
(intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call to one's self; invite; summon.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name.
* 1385 , Geoffery Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde :
* 1593 , Shakespeare, :
* 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
* 2001 , Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil :
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
(transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To report; relate; tell.
As verbs the difference between clept and clepe
is that clept is (obsolete) (clepe) while clepe is (intransitive|archaic|or|dialectal) to give a call; cry out; appeal.As a noun clepe is
(now|chiefly|dialectal) a cry; an appeal; a call.clept
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*cleped *yclept (participle only)Verb
(head)clepe
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* (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Verb
- For that that som men blamen ever yit,''
''Lo, other maner folk commenden it.''
''And as for me, for al swich variaunce,''
''Felicitee clepe I my suffisaunce.
- She clepes him king of graves, and grave for kings,''
''Imperious supreme of all mortal things.
- And there came against the place as they stood a young learning knight yclept Dixon.
- World traveling sorcerer supreme Charles Carter, yclept Carter the Mysterious, has made a startling discovery that makes the news from Europe seem mild indeed.