Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reputed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Reputing}.] [F. r['e]puter, 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reputed
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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