## Meanings
1. The opinion people have of someone or something, especially a good reputation.
2. To consider or believe someone or something to be a certain way.

## Examples
- It was a restaurant of great repute, known across the whole city.
- He is reputed to be one of the finest surgeons in the country.

## Derived Forms
- misrepute
- reputability
- reputee
- reputeless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reputer
- Root: reputō

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

## AI Etymology
Repute is from Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean the opinion people have of someone or something, especially a good reputation, or to consider or believe someone or something to be a certain way. Derived formations include misrepute, reputability, reputee, reputeless.

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- Mind & Cognition

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