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Reput(e, v. Also: ru- and -putt-. P.t. and p.p. also reput(e, -puit(e, -putt. [Late ME and e.m.E. repute, p.t. and p.p. reputed, F. réputer (1294 in Godef.), L. reputāre.]In senses 1 and 2, common in the passive, freq. (esp. in 16th c.) in the legal or official formula to be repute and haldin (haldin and repute), for further instances of which see Hald v. 15.

1. tr. To consider, think or reckon (a person or thing) as being, or to be, something. Also reflex. a. With simple, phrase or clause compl.(1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 714 (C).
pres. Pryame … Thame reputand leile in-to all thingis a1500 Bernardus 193.
Reput nocht hym frende quhilk in thi face Gyffis gret lowynge c1490 Irland Asl. MS 33/15.
It that thow dois to the pure he reputis it done to him Id. Mir. I 50/30.
Gif thou reputis gret thing, hard and difficil, to forgif [etc.] 1513 Doug. vii xi 89.
Ceculus … Quham all eyldis reputis and schawis ws Engendrit was by the god Vlcanus Ib. 163/28.
We repute [it] ane greit honourfor to haue fred our-selffis fra sic thirlage 1563 G. Hay Confutation Abbot Crosraguel 14b.
For the prayers which we do use before the table … we repute no part of that holy action(b) a1500 Lanc. 1240.
In his entent ruput yow therby The ablare to al lychtnes and foly?(c) 1513 Doug. vii v 110.
Reputtisreflex. 1549 Lamb Resonyng 65/8.
Ȝour kyng dois repute himself kyng of Francep.t. c1460 Wisd. Sol. (S.T.S.) 60.
I fand bot al wayne and vanite, and reput blythnes & lauchinge gret erour 1533 Boece 186.
His folkis extemyt him nocht, bot erare reput him … dolf of curagereflex. 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith 149.
It is likely Judas and Cain reputed themselves sinnersp.p. (1) c1420 Wynt. vi 380.
Dignyté wyth owt wertu Is litill repute [W. In litill reput is] off walu 1456 Hay I 190/26.
For the man and his wyf ar repute as to Godwart bot a flesch 1491 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I 256.
Quhay that cumis nocht to the … ferde pshalme of the notturne … salbe reput absent fra that houre 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 81. Ib. vii i 117.
Prattis ar reput polycy and peralus pawkis c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke xxii 37.
And he is reput with wickitmen 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece II 339. 1550–1 Dundee B. Ct. II fol. 39 (23 Feb.).
Gyf the said web maid stop in ganging at the myln that it suld be reput the said Dauidis defalt 1567 Acts III 34/1.
That it salbe neuer lesum to ony … maltmen … to haue dekinnis, bot to be repute na craft c1575 Balfour Pract. 97.
And the bairnes … to be repute and estemit … lauchfullie gottin a1578 Pitsc. II 142/22.
[Whoever] eat flesche in Lentrone … sould be reput airt and pairt and as partakeris with the congregatioun 1600-1610 Melvill 581.
To be reputt as guiltie as they 1623 Perth Kirk S. MS 14 May.
With ane that wes repute ane wisch 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i ix i (1678) 72.(b) 1567 Sat. P. iii 83.
Ȝe wilbe repuite lowreis ouer all landis(c) 1560 Conf. Faith in Acts II 531/2.
Thay buikis … quhilk … haue bene reputit canonicall 1571 Bann. Memor. 150.
Reputed 1608 Reg. Episc. Brechin. II 237.
The foirsaid tenement … to be reputit in all tyme cuming ane hospitall and mansioun for the puir(2) 1527 Douglas Corr. 122.
I mycht be wele reput and haldin rycht unwys 1542 Aberd. B. Rec. I 181.
He … hes bene in continuale vse … of the said vynell … as ane commoune passage …, and reput and haldin past memour of man 1564 Riddell Tracts 164.
Repute and haldin mareit folkis … be the commone law, and dailie practik of this realme 1566 St. A. Kirk S. 290.
The parteis war haldyn and reput wyth thar neyghboris mareit folkis 1570 Leslie 37. c1575 Balfour Pract. 372.
And wes commonly repute and haldin that every ane of thay thre wes of a like coist 1580 Inverness Rec. I 284.
Being … indowit wyth gude qualiteis and conversation reput and haldin be the cunsall 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 175.
Thow ar indyttit as a rank witche, … swa reput and hauldin be all that kend thé a1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) 185.
He shall still … be repute, holden, and decerned legitimate

b. With infin. compl. 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 4.
That somoundis is reput to be of na strynth na valur in the law 1513 Doug. x xii 108.
And reput na wys … Syk ane fleand to wond into the bak, Onawarnyst 1549 Compl. 45/33.
The riche and opulent potestatis … reputis vs that ar scheiphirdis to be ignorant 1549 Lamb Resonyng 163/11.
We Scottis reputis ws to haue bettir titill and defence than prescriptioun a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 416 (L).
All ouris ar reput [W.² repuit] to be wys 1600 Crim. Trials II 114.
He man be repute newir to haif bene att the horne 1629 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III 245.
Yitt the executioun of the saids lawes is … illudit be the wyffes of persouns repute and esteemed to be sound in religioun

2. a. To take (a person or thing) for something, or as exemplifying some quality; also as belonging amang, of, to a classification.(1) 1456 Hay I 82/2.
Or ellis he … suld nocht be repute for vertuous, bot he contynew in vertues quhill he is here lyfand c1460 Consail Vys Man 294.
For as belangand payne and meid The wyll is reput for the deid a1500 Henr. Praise of Age 17.
The state of youth I repute for na gude a1500 Bk. Chess 1079.
That gold … As filth suld be & reput for na micht 1549 Compl. 74/18.
Than thai repute ȝou for there mortal enemeis 1555 Peebles B. Rec. I 222.
Thomas Johnsone … is reput and suspectit for ane commoun [pikare] of caill — a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 257.
Ane instrument mad be ane who is repute and haulden for ane nottar is valid(2) a1400 Leg. S. xxxi 278.
Scho herd tel That in sic ane abbay can duel … A man reput of gud fame a1585 Maitl. Q. 190/11.
We ar of straingeris stylit And repute of sa fals mischevous naturis [etc.] c1600 Montg. Suppl. xxix 77.
Reputting me amang the just 1699 A. Watt Early Hist. Kintore (1865) 40.
Depones … that the marches … were still habitat and repute since he remembers to ther landimuires

b. To regard (a person or thing) as something, or as having done something.(1) 14.. Quon. Attach. c. 41. 1456 Hay I 238/22.
The party folowar … may reput that essonȝe as nane c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 189/3.
Fredome, honour and nobilnes [etc.] … Ar now in cowrt reput as vyce 1532 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 60.
He hed na displesure to the said Robert bot reput him as his friend 1535 Stewart 1244.
All ȝour injure we repute as our awin 1638 Nat. Covenant in Facs. Nat. MSS III xcvii.
That none shall be reputed as loyall … subiects … who shall not give their confession(2) 1539 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. II 94.
That gyf thay failye heirintill thay in all tymes efter sall be reput and haldin as vnfremen 1547 Ruddiman Epist. 388.
That thai salbe reput and haldin as misfavouraris of this realme 1551 Acts II 488/2.
He salbe repute and haldin as ane man geuin to his voluptuositie and contempnar of the autorite 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 79.
And as mareit folkis ar haldyn and reput thar wyth thar neyghboris 1566 Ib. 289.
And thai reput … be common voce and fame as mareit folkis 1584 Acts III 293/2.
They salbe repute haldin callit persewit and pvnissit as … contempnaris of his hienes auctoritie 1612 Orkney & Shetl. Ct. Bk. (ed.) 22.
He sall be reput haldin and punischt as a comoun theif 1614 Conv. Burghs II 457.
The tyne veshell … if it casts ane cleir sey after the tuiching the same with the said hoatt yrne, to be admitted repute and haldin as sufficient stuff 1649 Dumfries Kirk S. 19 Jan.
They salbe repute & holden as dishaunters of the publict meetings 1692 Acts Sederunt ii 197.
They shall be holden and repute as embazlers(3) c1460 Vert. Mess (S.T.S.) 39.
Thai sal be reput and done with as langand the dewyteis of haly kirk

3. To assign, attribute, impute or reckon (a non-material thing) to a person (as being (to, for) something, also const. simple compl.). 1456 Hay I 152/28.
Quhilk gude will be the lawe, is repute till a persone for gude dede Ib. II 107/20.
The quhilk salbe repute to thé rycht grete wisdome and sapience Id. ?1438 Alex. (S.T.S.) 3526.
And we be tynt … He will it repute till ws gret folie c1520-c1535 Nisbet Romans iv 3.
Abraam beleuet to God and it was reput to him to richtuisnes 1530 Montgomery Mem. II 112.
The said discord to be reput nor impit na brek to the said parteis

4. To have in esteem; to value. 1456 Hay II 33/11.
For quhat ever he be that be full of pryde … amang vertuous men is repute nocht 1567 G. Ball. 207.
Say weill is repute be man sum deale

5. ? To credit, believe in, or ? to sanction. 1549 Lamb Resonyng 51/25.
Bot for all this, our kyng wald nocht reput the pece-breiking bot send … to inquire giue his vncle wald nocht keip the appoyntit leag