repute
/ɹɪˈpjuːt/ noun, verb
Forms reputes reputing reputed
- noun Reputation, especially a good reputation.
- verb To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
- verb To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
Synonyms
reputation think of regard as look upon look on esteem take to be
Antonyms
Etymology
From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
- noun Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.
- noun 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.
Etymology [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “repute”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details