Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repute \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.
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)
repute
n : the state of being held in high esteem and honor [syn: {reputation}]
[ant: {disrepute}]
v : look on as or consider: "she looked on this affair as a
joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"
[syn: {think of}, {regard as}, {look upon}, {look on}, {esteem},
{take to be}]
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