English Explanatory Dictionary

beclepe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To complain against; indict; accuse.
  2. To call upon; address; accost.
  3. To address as; call; name.
  4. To summon to a higher court; appeal.
  5. To appeal against; object to; disapprove.

Word forms

beclepe beclepes becleping beclept becleped

Etymology

From Middle English beclepen, bicleopien, from Old English beclipian, becleopian (“to accuse, summon, challenge, sue at law”), equivalent to be- + clepe.

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