The Only Use of
repute
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of the town, where Scrooge had never penetrated before, although he recognised its situation, and its bad repute.†
p. 98.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(repute as in: in good repute) reputation; or good reputation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, repute can mean to claim though that form is more often seen as reputed.