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repute |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repute \Re*pute"\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p. pr & vb n. {Reputing}.] [F. r['e]puter, 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. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repute n : the state of being held in high esteem and honor [syn: {reputation}] [ant: {disrepute}] v : look on as or consider: "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician" [syn: {think of}, {regard as}, {look upon}, {look on}, {esteem}, {take to be}]
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