Defn: The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.
3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name. I see my reputation is at stake. Shak. The security of his reputation or good name. Blackstone.
4. Account; value. [Obs.] Chaucer. [/Christ] made himself of no reputation. Phil. ii. 7.
Syn.
— Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See the
Note under Character.
REPUTATIVELY
Re*put"a*tive*ly (r-pt"-tv-l), adv.
Defn: By repute.
REPUTE
Re*pute" (r-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reputing.] Etym: [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over;
pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.]
Defn: 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.
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.