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reputed
     1. adj. Accorded a reputation.
           1904 The other young ladies of Sulaco stood in awe of her character and accomplishments. She was reputed to be terribly learned and serious. — Joseph Conrad, Nostramo
     2. adj. Supposed or assumed to be true.
           1859 Mr H. C. Watson has marked for me in the well-sifted London Catalogue of plants (4th edition) 63 plants which are therein ranked as species, but which he considers as so closely allied to
repute
     1. n. Reputation, especially a good reputation.
     2. v. To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
     3. v. To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something

Example Sentences

He is reputed the best lawyer in this city. 
She is highly reputed not only as a scholar but also as a poet. 



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