Both Uses of
reputed
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- After the reputed wizard's death, his humble homestead had fallen an easy spoil into Colonel Pyncheon's grasp.†
Chpt 1 *
- It certainly operated to prolong in their case, and to confirm to them as their only inheritance, those feelings of repugnance and superstitious terror with which the people of the town, even after awakening from their frenzy, continued to regard the memory of the reputed witches.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(reputed as in: reputed to be) commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, reputed can mean with good reputation.