clepe

verb, archaic

Synonyms and Antonyms of CLEPE

to give a name to <the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life>

Synonyms baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, nominate, style, term, title

Related Words brand, stigmatize, tag; denote, specify; miscall, misname, mistitle; code-name, nickname; rechristen, relabel, rename; surname

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