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Repute

Repute Meaning & Definition
Repute Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Repute?

[n] the state of being held in high esteem and honor
[v] look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"
[v] attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Repute: ascribe | assign | attribute | esteem | impute | look on | look upon | regard as | reputation | take to be | think of

Related Terms | Find terms related to Repute:

See Also | accredit | anthropomorphise | anthropomorphize | believe | blame | carnalize | character | charge | conceive | consider | credit | externalise | externalize | fame | honor | honour | interiorise | interiorize | internalise | internalize | judge | laurels | name | personate | personify | project | reattribute | sensualize | stock | think

Repute In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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