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Meaning of YCLEPED

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Y*cleped"\, p. p. [AS. geclipod, p. p. of clipian,
cleopian, cliopian, to call. See {Clepe}, and also the Note
under {Y-}.]
Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous
writings. [Spelt also {yclept}.]
      It is full fair to ben yclept madame.    --Chaucer.
      But come, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven ycleped
      Euphrosyne.                              --Milton.
      Those charming little missives ycleped valentines.
                                               --Lamb.
 

 

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