Meaning

5 senses

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To complain against; indict; accuse.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To call upon; address; accost.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To address as; call; name.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To summon to a higher court; appeal.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To appeal against; object to; disapprove.

Origin

From Middle English beclepen, bicleopien, from Old English beclipian, becleopian (“to accu

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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Forms

beclepes, becleping, beclept, beclept
Base formbeclepe · to beclepe
3rd person singularbeclepes
Present participlebecleping
Past simplebeclept / becleped
Past participlebeclept / becleped

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeclepe
he, she, itbeclepes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeclept

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beclept
he, she, ithas beclept

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beclepe

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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