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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
reputed
for
A 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
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.
[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.

Definition 2024


répute

répute

See also: repute, réputé, and reputé

French

Verb

répute

  1. first-person singular present indicative of réputer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of réputer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of réputer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of réputer
  5. second-person singular imperative of réputer

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