Dis`re*pute" (?), n.

Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.

 

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Dis`re*pute", v. t.

To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.

[R.]

More inclined to love them tan to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor.

 

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