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.
Re*pute" (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reputing.]
[F. réputer, 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.
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