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repute

noun
/ɹɪˈpjuːt/

Etymology

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).

  1. derived from reputō — “to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”
  2. derived from reputer

Definitions

  1. Reputation, especially a good reputation.

  2. To attribute or credit something to something

    To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.

  3. To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something

    • Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
    • The king your father was reputed for / A prince most prudent.
    • If the comparison could be made, I verily believe these would be found to be almost infinituple of the other; which ought therefore to be reputed as nothing.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for repute. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA