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REPUTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reputed mean?
• REPUTED (adjective)
The adjective REPUTED has 1 sense:
1. commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
Familiarity information: REPUTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
Synonyms:
purported; putative; reputed; supposed
Context examples:
the foundling's putative father / the reputed (or purported) author of the book / the supposed date of birth
Similar:
acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)
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