Clepe \Clepe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleped}or; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleping}. Cf. {Ycleped}.] [AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call.] To call, or name. [Obs.]
That other son was cleped Cambalo. --Chaucer.
Clepe \Clepe\, v. i. 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. ※ ||