Repute
[rɪ'pjuːt] or [rɪ'pjut]
Definition
(v. t.) To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
(n.) Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.
(n.) Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Regard, consider, esteem, estimate, account, reckon, hold.
n. [1]. Estimate, opinion, consideration.[2]. Reputation, character, name.
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Definition
v.t. to account or estimate: to hold.—n. estimate: established opinion: character.—adv. Repūt′edly in common repute or estimation.—adj. Repute′less (Shak.) without good repute disreputable.—Reputed owner a person who has to all appearance the title to the property.
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Examples
- Pity the fallen gentleman: you to whom money and fair repute are the chiefest good; and so, surely, are they in Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Moving with her artist friends in different kinds of society, Gudrun had already come to know a good many people of repute and standing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Two of these friends, the Duke of Bridgewater and the Earl of Stanhope, were scientists of repute. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Hedstrom’s partner on this tandem outfit was Henshaw, a bicycle racer of some repute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr Merdle's is a name of--ha--world-wide repute. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Familiarity, common repute, and congeniality to desire are readily made measuring rods of truth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the High Street, at no distance from the station, and there we found the young lady waiting for us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We traversed the street called Straight a good way, and then turned off and called at the reputed house of Ananias. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We were on our way to the reputed houses of Judas and Ananias. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He has hitherto honoured his reputed parents and disregarded the flatterers, and now he does the reverse. Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Osborn