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  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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