Definition of "repute" []

• To ascribe a particular fact or characteristic to. (verb-transitive)
• To consider; suppose. (verb-transitive)
• Reputation. (noun)
• A good reputation. (noun)

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• "A triple-double in a game of this magnitude, against an opponent of such repute, is preposterous."
• "As a retired flour dealer, he possessed a snug independency, and had fitted up, for himself, a small house, for the garden of which my father, early in repute as a landscape gardener, kindly drew a variety of plans."
• "Criticism was in repute and flourished; commentaries, notes, and quibbles, abounded on the glorious works of genius that had been written aforetime."