repute Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being held in high esteem and honor
    reputation.
  2. verb look on as or consider
    regard as; take to be; look upon; think of; esteem; look on.
    • she looked on this affair as a joke
    • He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician
    • He is reputed to be intelligent

WordNet

Re*pute" transitive verb
Etymology
F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Reputed; present participle & verbal noun Reputing
Definitions
  1. 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.
Re*pute" noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913