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| clype [ klīp ] |
intransitive verb (past and past participle clyped, present participle clyp·ing, 3rd person present singular clypes) |
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inform about somebody's misdeeds: to inform somebody in authority of another person's wrongdoings as a way of getting that person into trouble
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noun (plural clypes) |
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informer: somebody willing to inform on another person
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| [Early 18th century. Probably variant of obsolete clepe "call" < Old English clipian] |
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