repute

Etymology

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputo (“I count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + puto (“I think”).

noun

  1. Reputation, especially a good reputation.

verb

  1. (transitive) To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
  2. (transitive) To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
    If the comparison could be made, I verily believe these would be found to be almost infinituple of the other; which ought therefore to be reputed as nothing. 1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated

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