repute
noun
- social opinion about entity
verb
- to attribute, assign, or impute to a person
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpjuːt/
noun
Etymology: From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).
- Reputation, especially a good reputation.
“At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.”
verb
Etymology: From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).
- To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
- To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
“Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?”
“The king your father was reputed for / A prince most prudent.”