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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPU'TE, v.t. [L. reputo; re and puto, to think.]
To think; to account; to hold; to reckon.
The king was reputed a prince most prudent.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight. Job 18.
REPU'TE, n.
1. Reputation; good character; the credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; as men of repute.
2. Character; in a bad sense; as a man held in bad repute.
3. Established opinion; as upheld by old repute.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being held in high esteem and honor [syn: repute, reputation] [ant: discredit, disrepute] v
1: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" [syn: think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (reputed; reputing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French reputer, from Latin reputare to reckon up, think over, from re- + putare to reckon Date: 15th century believe, consider II. noun Date: 1539 1. the character or status commonly ascribed to one ; reputation 2. the state of being favorably known, spoken of, or esteemed

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. reputation (known by repute). --v.tr. 1 (as reputed adj.) (often foll. by to + infin.) be generally considered or reckoned (is reputed to be the best). 2 (as reputed adj.) passing as being, but probably not being (his reputed father). Derivatives: reputedly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF reputer or L reputare (as RE-, putare think)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repute 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repute Re*pute" (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.] [F. r['e]puter, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. A person or thing of repute or of high repute is respected and known to be good. (FORMAL) He was a writer of repute... PHRASE: n PHR 2. A person's or organization's repute is their reputation, especially when this is good. (FORMAL) Under his stewardship, the UN's repute has risen immeasurably. = reputation N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Regard, consider, esteem, estimate, account, reckon, hold, deem. II. n. 1. Estimate, opinion, consideration. 2. Reputation, character, name.

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