Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Reputing}.] [F. r['e]puter, L. reputare to
   count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count,
   think. See {Putative}.]
   To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to
   think; to reckon.

         Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in
         your sight?                              --Job xviii.
                                                  3.

         The king your father was reputed for A prince most
         prudent.                                 --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

reputed
     adj : commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive
           grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the
           reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the
           supposed date of birth" [syn: {putative(a)}, {purported(a)},
            {reputed(a)}, {supposed(a)}]