[/Christ] made himself of no reputation.
Phil. ii. 7.
Syn. -- Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See
the Note under Character.
Re*put"a*tive*ly (r?-p?t"?-t?v-l?), adv. By repute.
Re*pute" (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reputing.] [F. réputer, 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.
Re*pute", n. 1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether
good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.
He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his
throne, upheld by old repute.
Milton.
2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived
from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks,
which have been of repute." F. Beaumont.
Re*put"ed*ly (r?-p?t"?d-l?), adv. In common opinion or estimation; by
repute.
Re*pute"less, a. Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful;
inglorius. [R.] Shak.