reputed

adjective

1. reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.

noun

1. estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute.
2. favorable reputation; good name; public respect.

verb (used with object), re·put·ed, re·put·ing.

3. to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive): He was reputed to be a millionaire.

adjective

1. (prenominal) generally reckoned or considered; supposed or allegedhe is the reputed writer of a number of romantic poems

verb

1. (tr; usually passive) to consider (a person or thing) to be as specifiedhe is reputed to be intelligent

noun

2. public estimation; reputationa writer of little repute

adj.

1540s, “held in repute,” past participle adjective from repute (v.). Meaning “supposed to be” is from 1570s. Related: Reputedly.

v.

late 14c., from Middle French reputer (late 13c.) or directly from Latin reputare “to count over, reckon; think over” (see reputation). Related: Reputed; reputing.

n.

1550s, from repute (v.).