noun
Meaning 1
A cry; an appeal; a call.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
clepe
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kliːp/
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rhymes with -iːp
verb
Meaning 2
To give a call; cry out; appeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To call; call upon; cry out to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To call to oneself; invite; summon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To call; call by the name of; name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive, often
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verb
Meaning 7
To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To report; relate; tell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian (“to speak, cry out, call, summon, invoke, cry to, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *klipōną (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian klippa, kleppa (“to ring”), Dutch kleppen (“to toll, chatter”), Middle Low German kleppen (“to strike, sound”), Middle Low German kleperen (“to rattle”).