repute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repute	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for repute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repute n the state of being held in high esteem and honor [syn: repute, reputation] Antonym(s): discredit, 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" Synonym(s): think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reputing}.] [F. r[82]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. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3. The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repute \Re*pute"\, n. 1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. --Milton. 2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. [bd]Dead stocks, which have been of repute.[b8] --F. Beaumont.