verb
- to call or name; to address by a name or title
Usage: archaic; chiefly literary or historical
Examples
- The knight was cleped Sir Gawain by all who knew him.
- In old texts, the hero is cleped a champion of virtue.
- They cleped him the Wise One throughout the kingdom.
- The ancient scroll clepes this place the Sacred Grove.
- She was cleped by many names, but preferred one above all.