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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English forþclipian (“to call forth; summon, invite, summon, invoke, implore”), equivalent to forth- + clepen.
Verb
forthclepen
- to call forth, summon, invite
c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, , volume I, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:11, page 546:As an egle forthclepynge his bryddis to flee- As an eagle summoning its young to fly
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) forthclepen, forthclepe
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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forthclepe
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forthclepte, forthcleped
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| 2nd-person singular
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forthclepest
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forthcleptest, forthclepedest
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| 3rd-person singular
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forthclepeth
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forthclepte, forthcleped
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| subjunctive singular
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forthclepe
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| imperative singular
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| plural1
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forthclepen, forthclepe
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forthclepten, forthclepte, forthclepeden, forthclepede
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| imperative plural
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forthclepeth, forthclepe
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| participles
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forthclepynge, forthclepende
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forthclept, forthcleped, yforthclept, yforthcleped
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.