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putative |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Putative \Pu"ta*tive\, a. [L. putativus fr putare putatum to reckon, suppose, adjust prune, cleanse. See {Pure}, and cf {Amputate}, {Compute}, {Dispute}, {Impute}.] Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as the putative father of a child. ``His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends.'' --E. Hall. Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. --Jer. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: putative adj : commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth" [syn: {putative(a)}, {purported(a)}, {reputed(a)}, {supposed(a)}]
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