Both Uses of
repute
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Some of them were of the war time and showed that he had done his duty well and had borne the repute of a brave soldier.†
Chpt 5 *
- The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the High Street, at no distance from the station, and there we found the young lady waiting for us.†
Chpt 12
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.