REPUTE

repute, reputation

(noun) the state of being held in high esteem and honor

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

repute (usually uncountable, plural reputes)

Reputation, especially a good reputation.

Verb

repute (third-person singular simple present reputes, present participle reputing, simple past and past participle reputed)

(transitive) To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.

(transitive) To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something

Source: Wiktionary


Re*pute" (r-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.] Etym: [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.]

Definition: To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight Job xviii. 3. The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. Shak.

Re*pute", n.

1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.

2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute." F. Beaumont.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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