What does "clepe" mean?
Clepe: To call, or name. [Obs.] That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.To make appeal; to cry out. [Obs.] Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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