Category:Repute

Re*pute" (r-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.] Etym: [f. réputer, l. reputare to count over, think over; Pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See putative.]

Defn: 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.

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.