Middle English Dictionary Entry
repū̆ten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | repū̆ten v. Also repute, repeute; p. repute(d; ppl. repute(d. |
| Etymology | OF reputer & L reputāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To consider (sb. or sth. to be sth.), regard (sb. or sth. as sth.); -- also with inf.; ~ as (for); (b) to acknowledge (sb. as sth.); acknowledge (sb. to be sth.); ~ as (for), acknowledge (sb.) as (pope, a gentleman, etc.); (c) to attribute (credit or blame), assign; ~ to, credit (sth. to sb.) as (righteousness); (d) to declare (sth. to be sth.); (e) to believe (that sth. is the case).
Associated quotations
a
- (1442) RParl.5.59a : That the seide declaration..be not hadde, repute, ner takyn for accompte.
- (1447-8) Shillingford106 : The seide Cite..a fore Leofrike is tyme..stode called, named, and reputed as a Cite.
- (1463) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)41 : That the Newark now late edified..frome hensfourth be hadde, repute, and takene as a parte and parcell of the saide prysone.
- a1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)257/1 : Many philosophres reputed [Lambeth: hold; Ashmole: trowed; L reputabant] hym [Aristotle] of the noumbre of profettes.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)70/27 : The Romayns reputed the gretenesse of worchippis and worthynesse in vertue and not in goodis.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)116/3 : Iulyus Cesar..for the merytis of his good dedis was reputed aftir his dethe as a god.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)119/33 : Whoo myght beste indure payne were reputed for moste worthy.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)191/22 : In a chief it aught to be reputed [CQ(2): reputid and takyn] for a grete laude..in the ende of a victorie wysely to can withdrawe and saue his hoost.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)36/31 : It is..wisedome in a kyng to gouerne hym-self..þat he be not reputed [Lambeth: sen] to hasty.
- a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)385 : Unauised men, foles bene repute.
- a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)1107 : Sum men reputen of consuetude Euery thinge goode, & sum Il by nature.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)43/29 : Thou knowest nat also what synne is hid in suche as thou reputest to be iuste.
b
- (1425) RParl.4.274b : I clayme to be Duc of Norfolk..And yat I may..be so reputed, holde, and declared.
- (1425) RParl.5.73b : The..Speker..besought..that my seid Lorde of Suffolk..myght be..reputed, accepted, declared, and taken, to his good grace and favour, as he that hathe doon..feythfull service to hym..and..that they wold..pray..the Kyng to repute, accept, declare, and take my said Lord..to his goode and benygne grace..in maner and fourme above rehersed.
- (1466) Paston2.549 : We..take and repute them as gentlemen discended lineally of worshipfull blood.
- (1471) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.714 : I, Thomas Cardinall, Archbisshop of Canterbury, Knowlege, Take, and Repute you, Edward, Prince of Wales.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.53b : That..your said Besechers..be declared, repute, had, stond, and bee of like condition..as they were afore.
- a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) (Add 10099)508/4 : Wel nygh al Cristendome obeid & repute Eugeny for verey Pope.
c
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.4.3 : Abraham trowyde to god; and it is repute [L reputatum] to hym to riȝtwisnesse.
- (1432) RParl.4.406a : Yat no Vessell of wyn pas..on lesse yat it be assaied and marked..yat men mowe repute and cast the defaute, if eny be, there it aught.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)241/6 : Yf any good happe byfell to thaim, it shuld be more reputed by fortune than by reson.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)222/14 : The..charge of suche as ouirlargely purchase for themself wol be reputid more vpon themself thanne on their prince.
d
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.25 : Nede is sette a signe on euery vyne That fertile is, sciouns of hit to take..Columelle oon yeres sygne Reputeth [L Asserit] not ynough.
e
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.19 : Some dede repeute..That rewthe was, if reson ne had reffourmed The myssecheff & þe mysserule þat men þo in endurid.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)41ba : Abram .. gaf faith to our lordes wordes & it was reputed to hym to justice.
Note: Additional quote, sense (c).