"crepen" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkreːpən/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen From Old English crēopan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:crēopan<id:creep>|id=creep|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "?", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*grewbʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kreupaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kreupan", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "crēopan", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "crepen", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="creep" data-lang="enm" data-title="crepen" id="Middle_English:_creep">, {{inh|enm|ang|crēopan}} Old English crēopan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kreupan}} Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kreupaną}} Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} crepen, {{enm-verb|crepeth|crepynge|crep|cropen}} crepen (third-person singular simple present crepeth, present participle crepynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative crep, past participle cropen) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|crep|crep|crop|crop|2a=crop|3a=crep|c=2|w=te|w2=ede|y=p2}} Forms: crepeth [present, singular, third-person], crepynge [participle, present], crep [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], cropen [participle, past], strong weak [table-tags], crepen [infinitive], to crepen [infinitive], crepe [infinitive], crepe [first-person, present, singular], crep [first-person, past, singular], crop [first-person, past, singular], crepte [first-person, past, singular], creped [first-person, past, singular], crepede [first-person, past, singular], crepest [present, second-person, singular], crope [past, second-person, singular], crepe [past, second-person, singular], creptest [past, second-person, singular], crepedest [past, second-person, singular], crepeth [present, singular, third-person], crep [past, singular, third-person], crop [past, singular, third-person], crepte [past, singular, third-person], creped [past, singular, third-person], crepede [past, singular, third-person], crepe [present, singular, subjunctive], crope [past, singular, subjunctive], crepe [past, singular, subjunctive], crepte [past, singular, subjunctive], creped [past, singular, subjunctive], crepede [past, singular, subjunctive], crepe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], crepen [plural, present], crepe [plural, present], cropen [past, plural], crope [past, plural], crepen [past, plural], crepe [past, plural], crepten [past, plural], crepte [past, plural], crepeden [past, plural], creped [past, plural], crepede [past, plural], crepeth [imperative, plural, present], crepe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], crepynge [participle, present], crepende [participle, present], cropen [participle, past], crope [participle, past], crept [participle, past], creped [participle, past], ycrope [participle, past], crepe [alternative], crope [alternative, Early-Middle-English], creepe [alternative, Late-Middle-English], cryepe [alternative, Kent], creope [alternative], creopen [alternative], kreopen [alternative]
  1. To creep; to move low to a surface:
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-A0k0I9Wu
  2. To creep; to move low to a surface:
    To slither; to move on one's chest (like a snake)
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-LB8MW3P1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 5 12 6 20 5 16 16 7 7 5
  3. To creep; to move low to a surface:
    To crawl; to move with all four limbs.
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-chfWbfPM Categories (other): Gaits Disambiguation of Gaits: 8 10 29 8 9 7 7 8 8 6
  4. To creep; to move low to a surface:
    To clamber; to scale a vertical surface.
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-nNoe2XCM Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 5 12 6 20 5 16 16 7 7 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 5 23 3 19 19 6 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 7 6 21 5 18 18 7 8 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 6 6 24 4 19 19 6 6 5
  5. To move cautiously or stealthily.
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-DU4dJLp6
  6. To arrive or leave; to make an appearance or disappearance:
    To enter or leave (a condition)
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-z~IyRAKP Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 5 12 6 20 5 16 16 7 7 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 5 23 3 19 19 6 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 7 6 21 5 18 18 7 8 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 6 6 24 4 19 19 6 6 5
  7. To arrive or leave; to make an appearance or disappearance:
    To burgle or rob; to steal from a residence.
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-pziT-gMJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Crime Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 5 12 6 20 5 16 16 7 7 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 5 23 3 19 19 6 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 7 6 21 5 18 18 7 8 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 6 6 24 4 19 19 6 6 5 Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
  8. (especially pathology) To advance or progress; to make progress: Tags: especially
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-wkzQ4vuv Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  9. (especially pathology) To advance or progress; to make progress:
    (rare) Of plants; to spread or climb.
    Tags: especially, rare
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-hZgj8yhX Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  10. (rare) To feel crawling in one's body. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-crepen-enm-verb-h74MeVXe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crepel, crepere, crepynge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "crepen",
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "crepe",
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      "form": "creptest",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
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    },
    {
      "form": "crepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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      "form": "crope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "crepte",
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      "form": "creped",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "crepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cropen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepte",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "crepeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cropen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crept",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycrope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cryepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creope",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creopen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kreopen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": ""
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crepeth",
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        "4": "cropen"
      },
      "expansion": "crepen (third-person singular simple present crepeth, present participle crepynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative crep, past participle cropen)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crep",
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        "2a": "crop",
        "3": "crop",
        "3a": "crep",
        "4": "crop",
        "c": "2",
        "w": "te",
        "w2": "ede",
        "y": "p2"
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  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              116,
              121
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          ],
          "english": "\"If we'd killed the cat, there should nevertheless be another [one] / to snatch us and all of our kind / even if we crept underneath [the] benches.\"",
          "ref": "c. 1390, [William Langland], “[Prologue]”, in Peres plouhman (X, C-text), southwest Worcestershire, published c. 1395, folio 3, verso; republished as MS. HM 143, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:",
          "text": "Thow we hadde ykuld þe Cat / ȝut shulde ther come another / To crache vs and alle oure kynde / thogh we crope vnder benches",
          "translation": "\"If we'd killed the cat, there should nevertheless be another [one] / to snatch us and all of our kind / even if we crept underneath [the] benches.\"",
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        }
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        "To creep; to move low to a surface"
      ],
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          "creep",
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          "move",
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        ],
        [
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          "surface"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To creep; to move low to a surface:"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To creep; to move low to a surface:",
        "To slither; to move on one's chest (like a snake)"
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-LB8MW3P1",
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          "creep",
          "creep"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "slither",
          "slither"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like#English"
        ],
        [
          "snake",
          "snake#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 10 29 8 9 7 7 8 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
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          "orig": "enm:Gaits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To creep; to move low to a surface:",
        "To crawl; to move with all four limbs."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "creep",
          "creep"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "crawl",
          "crawl"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ],
        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 6 20 5 16 16 7 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 5 23 3 19 19 6 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 7 6 21 5 18 18 7 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 6 24 4 19 19 6 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To creep; to move low to a surface:",
        "To clamber; to scale a vertical surface."
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-nNoe2XCM",
      "links": [
        [
          "creep",
          "creep"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "clamber",
          "clamber"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move cautiously or stealthily."
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-DU4dJLp6",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "cautiously",
          "cautiously"
        ],
        [
          "stealthily",
          "stealthily"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 6 20 5 16 16 7 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 5 23 3 19 19 6 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 7 6 21 5 18 18 7 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 6 24 4 19 19 6 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrive or leave; to make an appearance or disappearance:",
        "To enter or leave (a condition)"
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-z~IyRAKP",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "disappearance",
          "disappearance"
        ],
        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 6 19 5 16 16 8 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 6 20 5 16 16 7 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 5 23 3 19 19 6 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 7 6 21 5 18 18 7 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 6 24 4 19 19 6 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "enm:Crime",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrive or leave; to make an appearance or disappearance:",
        "To burgle or rob; to steal from a residence."
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-pziT-gMJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "disappearance",
          "disappearance"
        ],
        [
          "burgle",
          "burgle"
        ],
        [
          "rob",
          "rob"
        ],
        [
          "steal",
          "steal"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Pathology",
          "orig": "enm:Pathology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To advance or progress; to make progress"
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-wkzQ4vuv",
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "advance",
          "advance"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially pathology) To advance or progress; to make progress:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Pathology",
          "orig": "enm:Pathology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To advance or progress; to make progress:",
        "Of plants; to spread or climb."
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-hZgj8yhX",
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "advance",
          "advance"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "climb",
          "climb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially pathology) To advance or progress; to make progress:",
        "(rare) Of plants; to spread or climb."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To feel crawling in one's body."
      ],
      "id": "en-crepen-enm-verb-h74MeVXe",
      "links": [
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To feel crawling in one's body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkreːpən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crepen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English class 2 strong verbs",
    "Middle English entries with etymology trees",
    "Middle English entries with etymon",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "enm:Crime",
    "enm:Gaits"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "crepel"
    },
    {
      "word": "crepere"
    },
    {
      "word": "crepynge"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "creep"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "creep"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "crepe"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "creep"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "creip"
    }
  ],
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        "id": "creep",
        "tree": "1"
      },
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kreupaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cropen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2 or weak in -te/-ede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to crepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crep",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crop",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creptest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crep",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crop",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cropen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cropen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crept",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycrope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crope",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cryepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creope",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creopen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kreopen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "crepen",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "crepeth",
        "2": "crepynge",
        "3": "crep",
        "4": "cropen"
      },
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      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crep",
        "2": "crep",
        "2a": "crop",
        "3": "crop",
        "3a": "crep",
        "4": "crop",
        "c": "2",
        "w": "te",
        "w2": "ede",
        "y": "p2"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              104,
              109
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              116,
              121
            ]
          ],
          "english": "\"If we'd killed the cat, there should nevertheless be another [one] / to snatch us and all of our kind / even if we crept underneath [the] benches.\"",
          "ref": "c. 1390, [William Langland], “[Prologue]”, in Peres plouhman (X, C-text), southwest Worcestershire, published c. 1395, folio 3, verso; republished as MS. HM 143, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:",
          "text": "Thow we hadde ykuld þe Cat / ȝut shulde ther come another / To crache vs and alle oure kynde / thogh we crope vnder benches",
          "translation": "\"If we'd killed the cat, there should nevertheless be another [one] / to snatch us and all of our kind / even if we crept underneath [the] benches.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To creep; to move low to a surface"
      ],
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          "creep",
          "creep"
        ],
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          "move",
          "move"
        ],
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          "low",
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          "surface",
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        "To creep; to move low to a surface:"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "To creep; to move low to a surface:",
        "To slither; to move on one's chest (like a snake)"
      ],
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          "creep",
          "creep"
        ],
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          "move",
          "move"
        ],
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          "low",
          "low"
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        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
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          "slither",
          "slither"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like#English"
        ],
        [
          "snake",
          "snake#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To creep; to move low to a surface:",
        "To crawl; to move with all four limbs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creep",
          "creep"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "crawl",
          "crawl"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ],
        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To creep; to move low to a surface:",
        "To clamber; to scale a vertical surface."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creep",
          "creep"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "clamber",
          "clamber"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move cautiously or stealthily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "cautiously",
          "cautiously"
        ],
        [
          "stealthily",
          "stealthily"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To arrive or leave; to make an appearance or disappearance:",
        "To enter or leave (a condition)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "disappearance",
          "disappearance"
        ],
        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To arrive or leave; to make an appearance or disappearance:",
        "To burgle or rob; to steal from a residence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "disappearance",
          "disappearance"
        ],
        [
          "burgle",
          "burgle"
        ],
        [
          "rob",
          "rob"
        ],
        [
          "steal",
          "steal"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Pathology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To advance or progress; to make progress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "advance",
          "advance"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially pathology) To advance or progress; to make progress:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses",
        "enm:Pathology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To advance or progress; to make progress:",
        "Of plants; to spread or climb."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "advance",
          "advance"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "climb",
          "climb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially pathology) To advance or progress; to make progress:",
        "(rare) Of plants; to spread or climb."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To feel crawling in one's body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To feel crawling in one's body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkreːpən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crepen"
}

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  "msg": "''To creep; to move low to a sur'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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