Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit and past participle of clepe.

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  • verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of clepe.

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Examples

  • Incidentally, I don't know the meaning of Maundeville's statement "that is clept Aungeles Mete" in reference to the "manna" from St. John's tomb.

    A travayle thorghe Turkye AYDIN 2007

  • Incidentally, I don't know the meaning of Maundeville's statement "that is clept Aungeles Mete" in reference to the "manna" from St. John's tomb.

    Archive 2007-11-01 AYDIN 2007

  • For first they have taken an Yle that is clept Malta; and therein built they great castles, to hold it against them of

    Letters to Dead Authors 2006

  • That way cometh by Desert and Wildernesse, from the sea that is clept Caspian, even to Khiva, and so to Merv; and then come ye to

    Letters to Dead Authors 2006

  • Wherefore Englishmen putten no trust in them of Muscovy, save only the Englishmen clept Radicals, for they make as if they loved these

    Letters to Dead Authors 2006

  • Aftre that, is the kyngdom of George, that begynnethe toward the est; to the gret mountayne, that is clept Abzor; where that duellen many dyverse folk of dyverse naciouns.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Temple there is a roche, that men clepen Moriache: but aftre it was clept Bethel; where the arke of God, with relykes of Jewes, weren wont to ben put.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • There ben othere, that ben clept Surienes; and thei holden the beleeve amonges us, and of hem of Grece.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Lamary: and how the Erthe and the See ben of round Forme and schapp, be pref of the Sterre, that is clept Antartyk, that is fix in the Southe.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Fro that cytee of Artyroun go men to an hille, that is clept Sabissocolle.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

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