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   Repute , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.] [F. réputer, 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. 3.
   
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   The king your father was reputed for
   A prince most prudent.
   Shak.
   
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   Repute, n.
   Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.
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   He who regns
   Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure
   Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute.
   Milton.
   
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   Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. “Dead stocks, which have been of repute.” 
   F. Beaumont.
   
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