beclepe

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English beclepen, bicleopien, from Old English beclipian, becleopian (“to accuse, summon, challenge, sue at law”), equivalent to be- +‎ clepe. === Verb === beclepe (third-person singular simple present beclepes, present participle becleping, simple past and past participle beclept or becleped) (transitive, obsolete) To complain against; indict; accuse. (transitive, obsolete) To call upon; address; accost. (transitive, obsolete) To address as; call; name. (transitive, obsolete) To summon to a higher court; appeal. (transitive, obsolete) To appeal against; object to; disapprove.