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Definition of "reputed" []

  • Generally supposed to be such. See Synonyms at supposed. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reputed" in a sentence
  • "By my use of the word reputed, the reader must not be led to think that"
  • "Guyana is an Amerindian word reputed to mean "Land of the Water"."
  • "The heated argument is resolved only when Philip decides of his own free will that he would rather be known as the reputed son of King Richard I, Richard the Lionhearted."