From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reputing}.] [F. r['e]puter, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See {Putative}.] To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3.
The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth" [syn: {putative(a)}, {purported(a)}, {reputed(a)}, {supposed(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "reputed": alleged, assumed, believed, conjectural, considered, creditable, deemed, estimable, held, hypothetical, judged, presumed, purported, putative, regarded, reputable, rumored, said, supposed, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, thought, viewed, well-thought-of
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