Repute \Re*pute"\, n.

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. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3.

The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)