REPUTE (2)

repute (2). Repute, n. reputation, good character, opinion

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Re‐pute″, n. 1. 1. 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. Milton. 2. 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.