clepe

/kliːp/

verb7

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(dialect) 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. — 2022
(dialect) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
(dialect) To report; relate; tell.
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(dialect, no longer used) To call; call by the name of; name.
- She clepes him king of graues, & graue for kings, / Imperious supreme of all mortall things. — 1593
(dialect, no longer used) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
(dialect, no longer used) To call; call upon; cry out to.
(dialect, no longer used) To call to oneself; invite; summon.

forms

cleped · clept · ycleped · yclept · cleping · clepes · clepeth · clepest