v. Obs. For forms see CLEPE v. [OE. becleop-, -cliep-, -clepian, f. BE- 4 + cleopian, clypian to call, cry, CLEPE.]
1. trans. To complain against; to indict, accuse.
c. 1030. Cnut’s Sec. Laws, § 28 I. 392 (Bosw.). Ælcere spæce, ðe he ǽr beclyped wæs.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 173. Here owen sinnes hem biclepieð.
c. 1300. Beket, 365. That of manslaȝt was Bi-cliped.
2. To call upon, address, accost; with compl. to address as, call, name.
c. 1220. Hali Meid., 33. Ȝif þu ert feir & wið glad chere biclepest alle feire.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 15323. Me yur maister yee bi-clepe, And yur lauerd yee call.
3. To summon to a higher court; absol. to appeal.
1297. R. Glouc., 473. Bote the erche bissope’s court to riȝte him wolde bringe, That he solde fram him bi clupe biuore the Kinge.
c. 1300. Beket, 1016. You bischops ich biclipie: to the Court of Rome also.
b. To appeal against, object to, disapprove.
c. 1320. Cast. Love, 498. We be-clepeþ þe dom for-þi.
