Clepe (klēp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cleped (klēp″ĕd) or (klēpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Cleping. Cf. Ycleped.] [AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call.] To call, or name.
That other son was cleped Cambalo.
Chaucer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.