† inclepev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To invoke, call upon.
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke
halsec825
askOE
witnec1200
halsenc1290
calla1325
incalla1340
to speak to ——1362
interpel1382
inclepec1384
turnc1384
becallc1400
ethec1400
peala1425
movec1450
provoke1477
adjure1483
invoke1490
conjurea1500
sue1521
invocatea1530
obtest1548
obtestate1553
to throw oneself on (or upon)1592
obsecrate1598
charm1599
to cry on ——1609
behight1615
imprecate1643
impray1855
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. x. 13 Forsoth ech man who euere schal inclepe the name of the Lord, schal be saaf. How therfore schulen thei inclepyn hym, into whom thei han not bileued?
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. i. 23 Forsoth I inclepe God witnesse in to my soule.
a1425 (c1400) Primer (BL Add. 36683) in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1882) III. 110 Lord..heere thou us in the dai that we shulen inclepe thee.
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