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Webster 1913 Edition
Repute
Re-pute′
(r?-p?t′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reputed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reputing
.] [F.
réputer
, 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
A prince most prudent.
reputed
forA prince most prudent.
Shakespeare
Re-pute′
,Noun.
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
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 1828 Edition
Repute
REPU'TE
,Verb.
T.
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.