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reputable, a.|ˈrɛpjuːtəb(ə)l|
[f. repute v. + -able. Cf. obs. F. reputable (Godef.).]
†1. Capable of being regarded or taken into account. Obs. rare—1.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xliii. §1. 354 Disauowing Prince Edward as illegitimate, and therefore not reputable for succession.
2. Having a good reputation; of good repute; estimable, honourable, respectable:
a. of acts, employments, circumstances, etc.
1674Govt. Tongue 206 Faults..exemplified to us in common practice, (nay some of them as reputable and ingenious). 1699Bentley Phal. Pref. 29 His Imployment, as a Book⁓seller, I think a very reputable one, if He himself be not a Disgrace to't. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 365 To find..that you would have been led beyond what was reputable. 1825Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Barbara S―, The parents of Barbara had been in reputable circumstances. 1878Simpson Sch. Shaks. I. 109 To reveal matters in which his share had not been very reputable.
b. of persons or their character.
1692Dryden St. Euremont's Ess. 34 If so be the reputable Men of the latter time, had existed in that of Fabricius [etc.]. 1728Morgan Algiers II. i. 212 Rakik, the most reputable of all the African Chronologists. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. lxix. (1806) V. 195 The jury were men of fair and reputable characters. 1837J. D. Lang New S. Wales I. 172 A grant of land belonging to a reputable Scotchman. 1858Greener Gunnery 330 Certain men who set themselves up for reputable gunmakers.
Hence ˈreputableness, ‘being of good Repute’ (Bailey vol. II, 1727). |