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reputable (adjective), more reputable, most reputable
1. A reference to something or someone that is trustworthy and honorable: Benjamin is known to be a reputable businessman as a dealer of cars.
2. Etymology: from Latin reputare, "reflect upon"; from re-, "repeatedly" + putare, "to reckon, to consider" + -able, "capable."
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This entry is located in the following units: -able (page 34) put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative (page 6)