▪ I. disrepute, n.
(dɪsrɪˈpjuːt)
[f. dis- 9 + repute n.]
Loss or absence of reputation; ill repute, disesteem, discredit, dishonour.
| 1653 Holcroft Procopius Pref. A ij b, Belisarius then returned to Constantinople with disrepute. 1698 Norris Pract. Disc. IV. 18 The Holy things of Religion fell at length into Contempt and Dis-repute. 1758 Phil. Trans. L. 666 It was formerly in great credit as a pectoral, but is now quite in disrepute. 1857 Buckle Civiliz. I. ix. 573 It brings the administration of justice into disrepute. 1870 Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 89 A large and spacious house which lay under the disrepute of being haunted. |
▪ II. † disreˈpute, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 6 + repute v.]
trans. a. To hold as of no reputation; to regard slightingly; to disesteem. b. To bring into discredit; to defame, disparage. c. To bring discredit or an evil name upon (by one's conduct).
| 1611 Florio, Disreputare, to disrepute, to disesteeme. 1625 Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar ii. vii. 183 You quote us the Homilies..I think you dis-repute them. 1649 Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. ad §1. 16 The Virgin was betrothed lest honorable marriage might be disreputed. 1651 ― Holy Living iv. ad §10 (1727) 335 O teach me to walk, that I may never disrepute the honour of my religion. a 1677 Barrow Serm. (1686) III. 380 Is it not infinitely better to be unjustly defamed by men, than to be disreputed by God? 1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. ii. 272 Doubting that he would disrepute the Place..by dying here. |