| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·pute |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -py t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: re·put·ed, re·put·ing, re·putes
1. To ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to. 2. To consider; suppose. | | NOUN: | 1. Reputation. 2. A good reputation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English reputen, from Old French reputer, from Latin reput re, to think over : re-, re- + putre, to think over; see pau-2 in Appendix I.
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