clepe

Meanings

Verb

• To give a call; cry out; appeal.
• To call; call upon; cry out to.
• To call to oneself; invite; summon.
• To call; call by the name of; name.
• To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
• To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
• To report; relate; tell.

Noun

• A cry; an appeal; a call.

Origin

• From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian, from Proto-Germanic *klipōną ("to ring, sound"), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- ("to sound"). Cognate with Old Frisian klippa, kleppa, Dutch kleppen, Middle Low German kleppen ("to strike, sound"), Middle Low German kleperen ("to rattle").