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Repute

Re-pūte', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. REPUTING.] [Fr. reputer, Lat. reputare, to count over, to think over, from re, again, and putare, to count, to think.]

Sense 1. To hold in thought; to account; to hold; to reckon.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? Job xviii. 3.

The king was reputed a prince most prudent. Shak.

Sense 2. To attribute.

Re-pūte',, n.

noun

n. 1. Character reputed or attributed; established opinion; estimate.

He who reigns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure, Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.

Sense 2. The credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; good character; reputation. “Dead stocks, which have been of repute.” Beaumont.