Found 2 items, similar to Repute.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repute 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”; “He is reputed to be intelligent” [syn: think of, regard as , look upon, look on, esteem, take to be]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Repute 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. [1913 Webster] Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3. [1913 Webster] The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]