repute
noun
estimation in the view of others; reputation.
reputes
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present tense formof repute (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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For the Fathers were but men, and to speak the truth, their reputes and authorities did undervalue and suppress the books and writings of the sacred Apostles of Christ.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
O spare Antinous; The world reputes thee valiant, do not soyle All thy past nobleness with such a cowardize.
From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Francis Beaumont
Nobody reputes him to steal, an' I don't say he do.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
They shall see only silver and gold, houses and lands, reputes, supremacies, fames, and, as instrumental to these, the forms of logic and seemings of knowledge.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various
Yass, seh," Cornelius was tipsily remarking, "the journals o' the day reputes me to have absawb some paucity o' the school funds.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
