Etymology

beclepe

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Today it means: To complain against; indict; accuse. Full definition →

Middle English beclepen ← Old English beclipian
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  1. Old English · inherited frombeclipian
  2. Middle English · inherited frombeclepen
  3. English todaybeclepe

From Middle English beclepen, bicleopien, from Old English beclipian, becleopian (“to accuse, summon, challenge, sue at law”), equivalent to be- + clepe.

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