Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Putative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Putative \Pu"ta*tive\, a. [L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to
reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See {Pure}, and cf.
{Amputate}, {Compute}, {Dispute}, {Impute}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
putative
adj : commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive
grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the
reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the
supposed date of birth" [syn: {putative(a)}, {purported(a)},
{reputed(a)}, {supposed(a)}]
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