# clepe

> English word · Verb · IPA /kliːp/

## Definitions
1. To give a call; cry out; appeal.
2. To call; call upon; cry out to.
3. To call to oneself; invite; summon.
4. To call; call by the name of; name.
5. To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
6. To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
7. To report; relate; tell.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/clepe