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English Dictionary: putative	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for putative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putative adj purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the putative author of the book"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putative \Pu"tative\, a. [L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See {Pure}, and cf. {Amputate}, {Compute}, {Dispute}, {Impute}.] Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative* father of a child. [bd]His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends.[b8] --E. Hall. Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. --Jer. Taylor.