v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cleped i>or p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf. Ycleped. ] [ AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call. ] To call, or name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make appeal; to cry out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high
Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is full fair to ben yclept madame. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

But come, thou goddess fair and free.
In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]