yclept

verb

variants also cleped or ycleped
Definition of ycleptnext
past participle of clepe, archaic
as in named
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

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  1. named
  2. entitled
  3. titled
  4. called
  5. termed
  6. dubbed
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  • The hero of this historic draw was undeniably Vozinha, who made seven crucial saves throughout the match and was named Player of the Match.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Davis, who attended Blue Valley North, was named Big 12 freshman of the week nine consecutive times.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of named
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  • Those injured while performing are generally entitled to medical care and may have salary rights for the season of the injury.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • White was entitled to an affordable bail hearing on the basis of her offense.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of entitled
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  • Why wouldn’t the film be titled The Nutcracker (or perhaps the German Nussknacker)?
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Scott is returning to writing after a 13-year hiatus, with a new 80,000-word novel titled Last Days in Two Nations (A History in Eighteen Minds).
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of titled
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  • Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • However, the displays produced artifact images called burn-in and the brightness of the OLED displays degraded quickly when the displays were operated at high brightness levels when used in the daytime.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of called
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  • Wade had previously been captured on an FBI wiretap talking to agent Christian Dawkins, who was at the center of what the feds termed Operation Ballerz.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Between those two thresholds is what the Premier League has termed a Feedback Loop.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of termed
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  • Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Alexis Ohanian have effectively dubbed themselves amateur yeoman, putting the ultrarichs’ hobby of tending to the land in the spotlight.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The intense 2015-2016 El Niño was widely dubbed Godzilla, as people struggled to compare it to the very strong El Niño in 1997-1998.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dubbed
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“Yclept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yclept. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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