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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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Example Sentences
  • Several other reputed mobsters were tied to the scheme by witnesses at the trial but have not been indicted.
  • It was reputed to make foods taste almost not fat-free, but it did have this unfortunate side effect.
  • More than the money, it is reputed to want to send a firm message to the world's resource nationalists.
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re·pute

[ri-pyoot] noun, verb, -put·ed, -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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reputed (rɪˈpjuːtɪd)
 
adj
(prenominal) generally reckoned or considered; supposed or alleged: he is the reputed writer of a number of romantic poems

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