repute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The opinion people have of someone or something, especially a good reputation.

   It was a restaurant of great repute, known across the whole city.

2. 2
   verb

   To consider or believe someone or something to be a certain way.

   He is reputed to be one of the finest surgeons in the country.

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

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