'Repute' definitions:
Definition of 'repute'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being held in high esteem and honor [syn: repute, reputation] [ant: discredit, disrepute]
verb
Definition of 'Repute'
From: GCIDE
- Repute \Re*pute"\, n.
- 1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. [1913 Webster]
- He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repute'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repute'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ascendancy,
- assume,
- authority,
- be afraid,
- believe,
- celebrity,
- character,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clout,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- consequence,
- consider,
- control,
- credit,
- custom,
- daresay,
- deduce,
- deem,
- dignity,
- distinction,
- divine,
- dominance,
- domination,
- dream,
- eclat,
- effect,
- eminence,
- enchantment,
- esteem,
- expect,
- fame,
- fancy,
- favor,
- feel,
- force,
- gather,
- glory,
- good feeling,
- good name,
- goodwill,
- grant,
- greatness,
- hold,
- honor,
- imagine,
- importance,
- incidental power,
- infer,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- insinuation,
- leadership,
- let,
- let be,
- leverage,
- magnetism,
- mastery,
- memorability,
- moment,
- name,
- notability,
- noteworthiness,
- notoriety,
- opine,
- patronage,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- potency,
- power,
- predominance,
- prefigure,
- preponderance,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- prominence,
- provisionally accept,
- purchase,
- reckon,
- reign,
- remarkableness,
- renown,
- rep,
- report,
- reputation,
- rule,
- salience,
- say,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- suppose,
- supremacy,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- sway,
- take,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take it,
- take to be,
- think,
- trade,
- understand,
- upper hand,
- weight,
- whip hand