Both Uses of
repute
in
David Copperfield
- The legend added that the only person who did not identify them was the Doctor himself, who, when they were shortly afterwards displayed at the door of a little second-hand shop of no very good repute, where such things were taken in exchange for gin, was more than once observed to handle them approvingly, as if admiring some curious novelty in the pattern, and considering them an improvement on his own.†
Chpt 16-18
- I am in high repute for my accomplishment in all pertaining to the art, and am joined with eleven others in reporting the debates in Parliament for a Morning Newspaper.†
Chpt 43-45 *
Definition:
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(repute as in: in good repute) the state of one's reputation -- can be high/good or low/bad