clepere

clepere [CL], ~are , to steal; b (fig.). c to approach (stealthily). Pol. Poems I 203 (v. cleptes); s1382 tunc unus cepit securim, presto figuram / alter eo clepit [gl.: linkith], penam ejulans sibi duram (Vers.) Knighton II 184.  b tanta admiratione ut vie ‥ spatium mihi ~sisse [gl.: aver emble] videretur Balsh. Ut. 47.  c to neghe nere, accedere, ‥ attingere, †cleopare, innucre CathA.