REPUTING

Verb

reputing

present participle of repute

Anagrams

• erupting

Source: Wiktionary


REPUTE

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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