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Added 9 October 2026

repute

/ɹɪˈpjuːt/ noun

Latin root: reputō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about repute at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Reputation, especially a good reputation.

verb

To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something

Origin

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).

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