Reputed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Reputing}.] [F. r['e]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.


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           Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in
           your sight?                              --Job xviii.
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           The king your father was reputed for
           A prince most prudent.                   --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reputed
       adj : commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive
             grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the
             reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the
             supposed date of birth" [syn: {putative(a)}, {purported(a)},
              {reputed(a)}, {supposed(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "reputed":
     alleged, assumed, believed, conjectural, considered, creditable,
     deemed, estimable, held, hypothetical, judged, presumed, purported,
     putative, regarded, reputable, rumored, said, supposed,
     suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, thought,
     viewed, well-thought-of