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Repute is to give a characteristic to a person.

(verb)

An example of repute is telling everyone that someone is very knowledgeable about a specific subject; you repute that he knows a lot about a specific subject.

See repute in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb reputed, reputing

to consider or account (a person or thing) to be as specified; generally suppose or regard: usually in the passive: your neighbor is reputed to be rich

Origin: ME reputen < MFr reputer < L reputare < re-, again + putare, to think: see putative

noun

reputation (senses & )

See repute in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·put·ed, re·put·ing, re·putes