[re.pute] vt re.put.ed ; re.put.ing [ME, fr. MF reputer, fr. L reputare to reckon up, think over, fr. re- + putare to reckon] (15c): believe, consider
[2]repute n (1551) 1: the character or status commonly ascribed to one: reputation
2: the state of being favorably known, spoken of, or esteemed