Category:Putative

Pu"ta*tive, a. Etym: [l. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, Suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See pure, and cf. Amputate, compute, Dispute, impute.]

Defn: 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.