re·put·ed

[ri-pyoo-tid]
adjective
reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.

Origin:
1540–50; repute + -ed2

un·re·put·ed, adjective
well-re·put·ed, adjective
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re·pute

[ri-pyoot] noun, verb, re·put·ed, re·put·ing.
noun
1.
estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute.
2.
favorable reputation; good name; public respect.
verb (used with object)
3.
to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive): He was reputed to be a millionaire.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English reputen (v.) < Middle French reputer < Latin reputāre to compute, consider, equivalent to re- re- + putāre to think


2. distinction, honor. See credit. 3. hold, deem, reckon.


2. dishonor.
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repute (rɪˈpjuːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (tr; usually passive) to consider (a person or thing) to be as specified: he is reputed to be intelligent
 
n
2.  public estimation; reputation: a writer of little repute
 
[C15: from Old French reputer, from Latin reputāre to think over, from re- + putāre to think]

reputed (rɪˈpjuːtɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
(prenominal) generally reckoned or considered; supposed or alleged: he is the reputed writer of a number of romantic poems

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Example sentences
The group is reputed to refuse to pay bribes, and treats its workers comparatively well.
Kim himself is reputed to have a vast collection of foreign movies, some of them blue.
He was sometimes uproarious and was reputed to be of great physical strength.
The firm is reputed to have its own in-house scientists and tobacco researchers.
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