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repute
[ ri-pyoot ]
/ rÉȘËpyut /
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noun
estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute.
favorable reputation; good name; public respect.
verb (used with object), re·put·ed, re·put·ing.
to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive): He was reputed to be a millionaire.
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Origin of repute
1400â50; late Middle English reputen (v.) <Middle French reputer<Latin reputÄre to compute, consider, equivalent to re-re- + putÄre to think
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2. See credit.
Words nearby repute
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British Dictionary definitions for repute
repute
/ (rÉȘËpjuËt) /
verb
(tr; usually passive) to consider (a person or thing) to be as specifiedhe is reputed to be intelligent
noun
public estimation; reputationa writer of little repute
Word Origin for repute
C15: from Old French reputer, from Latin reputÄre to think over, from re- + putÄre to think
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