repute

repute
repute NOUN 1) the opinion generally held of someone or something. 2) the state of being highly regarded.
VERB 1) (be reputed) be generally regarded as having done something or as having particular characteristics. 2) (reputed) generally believed to exist: the reputed flatness of the country.
DERIVATIVES reputedly adverb.
ORIGIN from Latin reputare 'think over' .

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  • réputé — réputé, ée [ repyte ] adj. • 1694; de réputer ♦ Qui jouit d une grande et bonne réputation. ⇒ célèbre, connu, estimé, fameux, renommé . Lieu réputé. Un des restaurants les plus réputés de la capitale. La Frimat « était réputée pour ses… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Repute — Re*pute , n. 1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. [1913 Webster] He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repute — index character (reputation), credit (recognition), distinction (reputation), eminence, honesty …   Law dictionary

  • réputé — réputé, ée (ré pu té, tée) part. passé de réputer. •   Pour une fille honnête et pleine d innocence Croit elle en ses valets voir quelque complaisance, Réputés criminels, les voilà tous chassés, BOILEAU Sat. X.. •   Étant d une caste réputée… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • repute — mid 15c., from Fr. réputer (late 13c.) or directly from L. reputare Related: Reputed; reputedly. The noun is from 1550s, from the verb …   Etymology dictionary

  • repute — n reputation, *fame, renown, celebrity, notoriety, éclat, honor, glory Antonyms: disrepute …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • reputé — Reputé, [reput]ée. part …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • repute — [ri pyo͞ot′] vt. reputed, reputing [ME reputen < MFr reputer < L reputare < re , again + putare, to think: see PUTATIVE] to consider or account (a person or thing) to be as specified; generally suppose or regard: usually in the passive… …   English World dictionary

  • Repute — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Repute >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 distinction distinction mark name figure Sgm: N 1 repute repute reputation Sgm: N 1 good repute good repute high repute Sgm: N 1 note note …   English dictionary for students

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