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noun

Repute n.

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."

Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute."

verb

Repute v. t. (past & past part. reputed; pres. part. reputing) 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?" "The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... insulted, and challenges him, on purpose to see him refuse and have to go down into the ranks, his career spoilt. The Court of Honour rules that the duel must come off. Of this very case, Reiffenstuel, a canonist of repute, about ...

— Moral Philosophy • Joseph Rickaby, S. J.

... Study of the Palace at Urbino, there is mention of "arm chairs encircling a table all mosaicked with tarsia, and carved by Maestro Giacomo of Florence," a worker of considerable repute. One of the first to adopt the use of ivory, pearl, and silver for inlay was Andrea Massari of Siena. In this same way inlay of tortoise-shell and brass was made,—the two layers were sawed out together, and then counterchanged so as to give the pattern in each material upon ...

— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison

... 'His governorship enabled him partly to rid himself of his debts partly to lay the foundation for his military repute.' —M. ...

— Helps to Latin Translation at Sight • Edmund Luce

... laying upon her—"have no further interviews with Mr. Storms, I am saved. Forgive me—forgive your father who has so failed of his duty that, instead of protecting you, he comes to you for protection. There is no more: You have my fortune, my good repute, my life in your charge. If you meet Count Storri in friendship, if you refuse Mr. Storms, I am secure. Should you fail of either, then, by heart and soul! I think ...

— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis

... for My Name's sake." Here we must provoke to anger father, mother, and the best of friends. Here we most strive against spiritual and temporal powers, and be accused of disobedience. Here we must stir up against us the rich, learned, holy, and all that is of repute in the world. And although this is especially the duty of those who are commanded to preach God's Word, yet every Christian is also obligated to do so when time and place demand. For we must for the holy Name of God risk and give up all that we have ...

— Works of Martin Luther - With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) • Martin Luther

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