clepe
(redirected from clept)clepe
(klēp)tr.v. cleped (klēpt, klĕpt), cleped or clept (klĕpt) or y·clept (ĭ-klĕpt′) or y·cleped (ĭ-klēpt′, ĭ-klĕpt′), clep·ing, clepes Archaic
To call; name.
[Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopian, to cry out.]
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clepe
(kliːp)vb, clepes, cleping, cleped (kliːpt; klɛpt) , clept, ycleped or yclept
(tr) archaic to call by the name of
[Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle]
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clepe
(klip)v.t. cleped clept (also y•cleped y•clept), clep•ing. Archaic.
to call; name.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle]
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clepe
Past participle: cleped
Gerund: cleping
| Imperative |
|---|
| clepe |
| clepe |
| Present |
|---|
| I clepe |
| you clepe |
| he/she/it clepes |
| we clepe |
| you clepe |
| they clepe |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I cleped |
| you cleped |
| he/she/it cleped |
| we cleped |
| you cleped |
| they cleped |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am cleping |
| you are cleping |
| he/she/it is cleping |
| we are cleping |
| you are cleping |
| they are cleping |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have cleped |
| you have cleped |
| he/she/it has cleped |
| we have cleped |
| you have cleped |
| they have cleped |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was cleping |
| you were cleping |
| he/she/it was cleping |
| we were cleping |
| you were cleping |
| they were cleping |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had cleped |
| you had cleped |
| he/she/it had cleped |
| we had cleped |
| you had cleped |
| they had cleped |
| Future |
|---|
| I will clepe |
| you will clepe |
| he/she/it will clepe |
| we will clepe |
| you will clepe |
| they will clepe |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have cleped |
| you will have cleped |
| he/she/it will have cleped |
| we will have cleped |
| you will have cleped |
| they will have cleped |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be cleping |
| you will be cleping |
| he/she/it will be cleping |
| we will be cleping |
| you will be cleping |
| they will be cleping |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been cleping |
| you have been cleping |
| he/she/it has been cleping |
| we have been cleping |
| you have been cleping |
| they have been cleping |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been cleping |
| you will have been cleping |
| he/she/it will have been cleping |
| we will have been cleping |
| you will have been cleping |
| they will have been cleping |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been cleping |
| you had been cleping |
| he/she/it had been cleping |
| we had been cleping |
| you had been cleping |
| they had been cleping |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would clepe |
| you would clepe |
| he/she/it would clepe |
| we would clepe |
| you would clepe |
| they would clepe |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have cleped |
| you would have cleped |
| he/she/it would have cleped |
| we would have cleped |
| you would have cleped |
| they would have cleped |
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