reputed

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reputed

  1. simple past and past participle of repute

Adjective

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reputed (comparative more reputed, superlative most reputed)

  1. Accorded a reputation.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.
    • 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2014, Part 2, Chapter 1.:
      The other young ladies of Sulaco stood in awe of her character and accomplishments. She was reputed to be terribly learned and serious.
  2. Supposed or assumed to be true.

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